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Weekly Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1841), 1848-12-16

Weekly Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1841), 1848-12-16 page 1

WEEKLY 0 10 STATE JO VOLUME XXXIX. COLUMBUS, SATURDAY, DEC EMBER 16, 1848. NUMBER 16. FUBL1SIIKI) EVKUY VVBDNBdlMY MOUMNU, BY Til HALL & REED. Office in the Journal 1 1 ml tli (iff, south ist corner of High street and Sugar alley. WM. B. THRALL ANDHKN1.V RUED, Editors. TKRMS: Three Dollars pr.R annum, which msybedischarRed by tlie payment of Two Doi.lahs in advance, and free of poetaRB, or of per centime to Apents or Collectors. The Journal ia also published Daily and Tri-Weekly da h.g the year UailT,peraunuiu,Ji.o) Tri-WecUy, Jit- SATURDAY EVENING, December 0, 1H4R. The Home Another Peace Proposition bra Majority of the House, rejected by the Locofocos At 10 o'clock this morning, Gen. IIolcomi again called the House to order, (the Locofocos itill occupying scats on the left hand aide, and Mr. LtUer from Stark, potted in the chair usually occupied by the ! Speaker,) and after a call of the unrepresented Dis-, trtcta, without an one answering, Mr. Olds offered the following preamble and resolutions, which were unanimously adopted by the Whig. Prerioua to putting the queition on the resolutions, Mr. Spencer asked to be excused from voting upon them, aa hit rigid to a scat was involved in the dispute. Allho', by adopting that paper, his friends apparently acknowledged a doubt as to his right to a seal, where, in his view, no doiibl could exirt, yet he wit willing, for the sake of peace and harmony, for the welfare of the State, to yield to the action of hia friends, and even sign his name to the paper. All who acknowledge the force of law, must recognize hid right to a seat here. Mr. S. spoke briefly ana then the resolutions were id opted, as follows: Wiikrkas, We have been engaged, since Monday morning last, in elfirts to organize this House in a leg! and constitutional manner, and in accordance with our sense of duty to our constituents, which efforts have hitherto proved unsuccessful and whereas we are now ready, as we ever have been, to co-operate with all members elect upon this floor, in a fair, amicable and K'gal organization of the House i therefore, fssuiW, That we accept and adopt the plan of nr- Janixation proposed in our hearing yesterday, by Mr. Iiidlk,oii belmlf of himself and seven other members elect, (ss follows :) ttWiiERCAi, the members elect of the flnuie of Rep-1 resent a lives of the Stale of Ohio, hitve assembled at the I Cupiiol of die State, and hive been sworn into office-but have as yet been unable to urgnmze in come, quence of a difference of opinion as to the right of certain gentlemen, (who, with the real, have been sworn,) to occupy seats in this Hall, and to participate in the deliberations of this body ; and whereas, this difference of opinion seems likely to prevent an urbanization of the General Assembly, and interrupt llie pro. greas of the government, a result to be deprecated by every good citizen. Therefore, Resolved, Uy the members elect of the House of Representatives, lor the purpose or preserving the dig-tiity of this bndv, securing n nrifaniiatiou thereof, saving the State from anarchy, and effecting a temporary oranixali'in of the House, ihatthe certificates or other evidence of election of Messrs. Pugh, fierce, Uunyan and Spencer, ue returned to I lie tit that the certificates of all other members elect shall be delivered to Dr. Towtislieud, of Lorain county, and placed on file thai all the certificated members shall take seaU except Messrs. Hugh, Pierce, Uunyan and Spencer, none of whom shall participate in the deliberations of in w body uniil their respective rights to seats there-in shall be dciei mined. " Htstdced, Tint the members elect thus assembled, hall proceed to elect a Speaker, Clerk andSergeant-at-Aruis. all pro tein Resolved, That the Speaker temporarily elect, shall forthwith appoint the usual committee on Privileges end Elections, to whom shall be referred all certificates, papers and claims of members to seals, winch committee shall, as pruinptly as possible, report the some to the House. Rrinlvtdi Thai there shall he no election of permanent officers no legislative business transacted beyond what is necessary to effect a permanent organi anion of the House, until all claims to seals shall be decided, unless by co-ntnon consent of the House, except it be to communicate with the Senate, and to unite with litem in convassing the votes for Governor Resolved, That all questions relating to the claims of members to seats shall he considered separately that all certificated members not herein before excepted hall have a right to vole, provided that no one shall have a right to vote upon any question ia any way re. latino; to his own seat. " Resolved, That if any member elect he held not en-tilled to his seat on the ground of ineligibility, the minority candidate shall in no ease be permitted to take said seat, but the same shall be declared vacant, and the question as to who shall occupy the same shall be referred back to the people of the proper districts. " Resolred, That if all the foregoing resolutions shall be adopted and carried out in good faith, we pledge our honor as men to abide by them and the principles there set forth. N L Oil AKKEE, 8. W. McCUJHK, ISAAC VAN imllF.N, i.EVKHEiT JOHNSON, ISAAC LEE, JOHN F. MOUSE, A. G. Ill DDL E, NORTON 8. TOWNSHEND." firsolrtd, That if all the foregoing re oluiions shall be adopted and carried out in good faith, we pledge our honor, as men, to abide by them and the pnnci nles therein set forth. AtiKi.M t tioLca, Oj.ivkr M. ttrocxH, Gkorob W. Hunt am, Join Hanmokii, H. r. Howarii, Chaukcm N Oi.ua, Joar.ru K. Will, Mii.tta Pknnibutoh, Bamuki. Uioorn, J run C Philips, IUmht YV. Smith, Geohor lUaia, Attn ton Jones, II- msnr, Abjhaiiav Thompson, Akurxw Scott, David Grcoorv, Hamvrl Watt, JoiHUA II AMSl.tTOIt, TaKXV Jl'l I AS, J'lllAH 8. CoPKLAMU, Ll'TlirH UUlilIOS, Hichaho Green, Asxt 8 IUndall, Felix Mahsii, John Foster, 8ktii Witonronn, Exha Uhainerp, G rung a Hahdkitt, John A. Douns. At this point in the proceedings Mr. Itresli (Loco foco) made his appearance at the Clerk's desk and proceeded to read a paper in relation to mailers as they have stood for the past week, misrepresenting, intentionally or unintentionally, the position of the Whigs. After he had concluded Ihe reading, Mr. Push declared that As bad no doubt of the un constitutionality of the apportionment law ! He was sent here to defend Ihe rights of the people of Ham illon county, and he would ntvr compromise. He waa the Representative of the whole county not oft district and he was elected iu defiance, of the Uw of lost winter, and the people of Hamilton county nteer would submit to that law. They had sent him lura especially to oppose that law. If the Constitution onu!4 not prevent the division of counties, whv, let there he no Constitution. After Mr. P. had spoken t length, Mr. Olds offered the following resolution, which wta adopted i Resolred, That a committee of five he appointed to inquire into, and report to this House, the causes' which have (bus fsr prevented a perfect organization of this House. In offering this resolution Mr. Olds addressed the members assembled at length his remarks will be given hereafter and upon the conclusion of hia address, Messrs. Olds, -, Pennington, Riddle and Dundy, were appointed a committee under the resolution.Mr. Pugk again took the floor, and during the course of his remarks, he admitted that, through fear that the Whigs would g-t the start of them, they had made a rapid move on Monday morning and that now he would never assent to any thing in Ihe shape of a proposition coming from the Whigs, having for its object sny chango in the present position of matters in this Hall. Mr. Spencer moved a call of the unrepresented districts, and before Ihe question was taken, he address ed the House, He said the Constitutionality nf the apportionment law has been called in question by Mr. Pui(h. Now, thst act is either the law, or it ta not. If it is the law, it should not be violated. If it is not the law, why is the ge lie man (Mr. Pugh) here eloim-tug seat under UP Gentlemen on the left have mistaken the intellifence of the people when they suppose their right w.U be recognized to decide upon this great Constitutional question. The gentleman claims that he has a certificate in accordance with the law. I claim that I have a certificate which entitles me to niy seat under the law. Here then we stand. I 9 can never submit that my right shall be decided upon b? the vote or that genllemsn. will not oik to steads Neon Ais csim. 1 will not sav stand aside, for I in holier tian thou i' nor should As say to ins I am . holier than thou." He claims the seat. I claim It. Here we are equal. If the law be aa I claim il, I am entitled to my seat. If it be as he claims il, he should have Ins seat. This question I am prepared to submit to any institutional tribunal which ia competent to try ihe matter. At the cW of Mr. Spencer's remarks the House adjourned until ino i1..k M.....L. mn.n,. Wt call the attention of the pub ho ta Uw important fact that here is a fair and equitable proposition signed by members of the House, submitted to the consideration of the Revolutionists, and rrjeettd by them. It must be borne in mind that these fuctionists came together bound by their resolution of the llllhof May to break up the law making power of the Slate, or to control it ; and in pursuance of that resolution they are now acting. Address of the Locoioco Electors Official Falsehood coming to the aid of Legislative Fniud, The Lncofoco Electors for President and Vice President in Ohio, appear to have given a broader construction to their duties as the agents of the people than is contemplated in the letter of the Constitution. Happening here in their official capacity, on the first Monday in December, it was their lot, not merely to view, but doubtless to give aid and counsel In the tumultuous and fraudulent proceedings with which their parly lias disgraced the State, and broken its pesce. They have done more. Hy their own names and description as 11 Electors of President and Vice President of the United States," they have iisuedsn address 11 To the People of Ohio," in which they profess to give " a correct recital of the alarming occurrences which here menace the dissolution of tho Le gislnlivo sovereignty " of the State. Had these men confined themselves to the utterance of that official falsehood concerning the will of the people of the State, which, being delegated to speak, they could not, perhaps, properly avoid, no remarks of ours would have been made upon their doings; but placing themselves in the attitude of amateur in deception, and making use at Ihu same time of their official position to give gi eater weight to their misrepresentations, we hold ourselves absolved from all feelings of delicacy, and called upon to prosecute them before the tribunal of that people, whose commission they have overstepped, aud whose ears they have endeavored to abuse. After some preliminary declamation, they thus commence what they term their " cokhebt hkcital." On the morning of last Monday, ihe day fixed by your Constitution for the annual assemblage of your Legislature, the Representatives elect assembled in the Hull of the House, and about the hour of 'J o'clock A. M., in strict conformity witli the accustomed law of the body, were culled to order hy Mr. Leiler of Stark coumy, one of their members, as preliminary Chairman," Now we give to these self constituted organs of Lo-cofocoism our thanks that on the very face snd forefront of their correct recital iu-y have placed a flagrant and notorious untruth. The falsehood is so bare that it needs no refutation. Its contrary has been dcclarrd in every Luc o loco paper that has fallen under our observation. It has been the boast of the Statesman itself, whose bad jokes upon Ihe "lazy Whigs" have been repeated daily ever since the event took place. They themselves have circulated it, and the people of the Stale of Ohio, by this tiiuo sre, by their own snowing, tuny aware ana convinced ol me fraud and violence which was perpetrated here on the first Mon day of December. Il is as notorious aa any state of facts can be, that have been lully proven upon one side, and never attempted to be contradicted upon the other, that the doors of the Stale House were broken and entered sometime during the night of Sunday last that a clandestine entrance into ll.e House, brfore the hour of eight in the morning, was cfiVcled by Ihe Lucufoco me in be rs elect to the House, their friends and supporters that a surreptitious organization by one parly atone, without notice to and in fraud of the other, was hastily made, in which all the usul farms hitherto attendant upon legislative organization were entirely dispensed with, and that all this was done in pursuance of a regularly concerted plan for that purpose. We do not deem it necessary further to fallow up Ihe in is re presents lions of this official address, as lliey all hang ft r their existence and plausibility upon the leading falsehood. Having represented themscves to lie in the right, it follows, as a matter of course, that they must declare the other party lu be wrong. Having depicted their friends as orderly and peacefully pursuing the law, they must necessarily charge their enemies with seeking by riot and turbulence to pro mote a breach of Ihe law. They do this with the wholesale directness of men who, having committed the master wickedness, think it in bad taste after wards to shrink from any of its subsidiary circuinstsn- ces. It is easy enough to understand why partisans aa keen and politicians as unscrupulous as l Grand Uy-ington, Samuel Starkweather, and their asociatca, should commence where they did, in their attempts to indoctrinate the people of the State with false impressions in regard to this phase of their revolution. They know what their slow-witted organ here failed to see, that their only hope, in the trial of the issue which they have made before the people of the Slate, de pends upon their being able to do away with all evi dencewith every feature with every shade of suspicion of fraud on their part, in regard to their organization and the place they occupy. They know that before this question every other becomes insignificant. Even the connecting claims of the Hamilton members are of no consequence In comparison with il. Upon llteir heads lies the damning charge of preconcerted fraud. It hangs over every move which they make. Il vitiates all that they do. It gives character to everything they undertake. It taints etery aot and tinctures with ilsowncriininalityeverj measure, however otherwise just and commendable. Uul these men, able and unscrupulous as they are, have undertaken a task to which they are unequal. The people of the Slate were prepared before hand for lid n n such as is now ringing in their eara. They knew that either by force or by fraud, the Looofucos were long ao determined to gain possession of the Legislature this year. They had seen a Revolutionary Convention of reckless partisans called to meet at the eat of Government on the very day appointed by the t'unslitulien for the organization of the Legislature They hid heard of the eels of fraud that had been perpetrated by election boards and canvassing nflicers, hy which men not elected were given claims to seats that they might sid in a L'icofocn organization. They were advised that either by means of ihe legislature or the revolutionary body, the Locufitco lea tiers were now determined to grasp the power of Ihe State, and to arrange it for their control in perpetuity. And prepared for tales of fraud or for sets of force, fir stealth ot murder, they are not to be surprised at the strange histories thai have reached them, and will be slow of belief that all has been ss fair, as open and as honorable aa these plausible officials would lain have them believe. As to the authors of the address itself, we have nothing to say. We leave them to a eonsciouanesa of what they have done, and the worst thing we can in conscience wisii them is, thai their address be read by every citixen of the Stale of Ohio. A short visit to the Hall of Legislation. ! We chanced to drop into the Hall of the House of Representatives, at a very early hour on Thursday morning. A chill of dampness struck us is we entered the door, and the smell that greeted our nostrils was that of humanity too long kept in a confined atmosphere. The demand fur chloride of lime was most apparent. The candles guttered down, and their un- no. (Fed wicks rose high and portentous. The rats performed sntto minuets on the floor. Tho honorable gentleman from Stark nodded with dignity and grace in the Speaker's chair, and at intervals sent forth a full, clear, and well connected snore, the evidence, aa we fake it, of a clear conscience and a sound constitution. A few members stretched here and there upon the desks, responded in every variety of tone, to the nasal trumpelings of his honor, the chairmnn. No soul was awake, but a subordinate, who as we made our appearance, walked to Ihe speaker's chair and awoke its occupant by a few pats on the back and shoulders. The snort with which ho sprung into consciousness was highly musical and emphatic. We were looking for an express with the President's Menage, and look our stand for a few moments in the outer door of the House, where wisdom is wont to congregate. Now and then a rat ran past and entered the building. 11 Walk up gentlemen," said we, " present your credentials and be sworn in." A dog growled ot his fellow across the street. " Order, gentlemen," rose to our lips in spite of every attempt to suppress the exclamation. We were laboriously endeavoring to recall and give with all proper vehemence of tone and ferocity ot gesture one of Mr. Pugh's harangues in the House ; and were feeling fldliered at having achieved a reasonable portion of success in the imitation, when Hark I a wild rry c nines over the hills in the direction cf Franklin ton ; He e e e-hip e-e-e-hip.e-hip-e hip. Sure tiiet's a message. It's Jack Polkstnlk's prnnunciatnento to his friends in tho House, Give way for the member from Ass land ! GuEflSRD ItioiiT. A correspondent, who writes us ! from Piqua, under dale of Dec. 4lh, says : " While I write, I suspect that the d 1 is to pay in your city, in attempting to organize the lower branch of Ihe Le. gialalure. I hope the Whigs are prepared for the worst. Let the right be maintained, whatever it may cost. I hope to hear a good account from our friends. Let them ask fir nothing but what is right, and sub. mil to nothing wrong." We publish the abovo for the purpose of showing the suspicion tint was universal throughout Ohio before the day of organization, that s'oiie trick would be played oil' by the Lncofoco leaders of the Stale, or some act of violence committed hy which they would either secure a numerical supremacy in the I louse, or prevent a seHsion. We have another object in giving it publication. We believe that it apeiiks Ihe senti incuts of the orderly and peaceful of all parties, in regard to the duties of those memlers,in fraud of whom this breach of our constitutional peace has been com milted. In this case, to submit to snd sulfer, is to do a wrong. There is no midilte around. Let the Whigs Ktmid Firm I There is no earthly doubt but the great Whig par ly will, to a man, auilniu thtir Representatives in the position they have taken. Indeed, every day brings to Columbus, from all parts of the Stale, the exclamation, " Let tub Whios stand ritt ! " The following is an extract of a letter from an in telligent Whig of Licking county (o a citizen of this city : As thinvs now present themselves to my mind. I hope tlui Wings will stand firm as ihe everltaling hills in the position they have assumed, because I think they are in the right. I will cheerfully pay my proportion to keep the Whig members at Columbus until the first Mondny in December nxt, rather than have the tit yield one inch of the ground they have taken. ue it mgs ui LiicKing coumy siana reauy w ao tue Compiomisea The Whigs of the House of Representatives have abundantly manifested their disposition to rrTcl an organisation, by proposing terms of mutual concession, and by a ready assent to such terms proposed by others not connected with either of the two great parties into which that body is divided. They have done all that they oould with propriety do perhaps more than they were strictly justitiable in doing, to bring about this object. Their repeated efforts have been met only by a supercilious demand of what they can never concede. Ms koftetktri may It no mart offer $ of fmpromif prottdtng from the it'higtof the House, Their po sition ii onk nr RIGHT. Let the in plant them selves upon it, and there aside. The people of the first district of Hamilton county have clearly as good a right to be represented in tho Legislature as sny other district in the State, Why should they be asked to surrender or M compromise" that right f Have their chosen representatives here any authority, from any source, to barter or in any manner enmpromit the rights ot their constituents f Clearly not. Then why should they be asked or ex pected to do lot Let it then be henceforth regarded aa a ft it en har. In all propositions for orsaniiinir tho House, that the rights of the people of thst district un der the law, are to be fully rteognised and maintain- . The st are our sentiments. IT Mr. John G. H bin, of Westford, Ohio, who writes a long letter upon his discontinuance of our paper, mitlakps his position In regard to us. He was not our " patron," but our turtomtr. He bought Ihe Journal because he wanted it, not because he wished to benefit its publishers. If he does not want It now, we have no claims upon him Ia purchase it. If he will carefully examine Ihe whole matter, however, he will find that il is himself (hat has changed, and not us. His censure of us for Ins own political vagaries st both unjust and ungenerous. Tricks ! Tricks ! Among ihe infinite variety of trickery which is played ofT by the Locnfuco Rump in the State House, there is one game which deserves notice for the boldness Willi which it is constantly played. The business of the body consists in contin ual "calls of the House, as they are termed, which consists in the reading of a roll of the names of persons who are supposed to be members, who are requested to answer as their names are called by the clerk, who, at the close of the call, reports to the chair, and the chair to the assembly, the number present and answering Within our own observation, in two several cases, the thing waa as follows: At one call IVi persons answered the announcement waa 3ti; in another, 34 answered, and 37 was the number an nounced. " It hat do yoa mean by thit inftrnal noise f G-d n you! He'll tkroie you out of the tcindow." These, as taken down by a reporter on the sput, were the words addressed by Col. George W. Morgan, one of the pack of Locoioco bullies who now make their den in the House of Representatives, to Mr. Ilulcnmb, chairman of the preliminary organization of the House, on Tuesday last, at a time when Benjamin F. Letter addressed one of his creatures, whom he called Bear geanl-al Arms, with orders to call assistance and clear the House. Now we make no comment on the enormity of such transactions, for the people uf Ohio will comprrhend t fully without explanation. All we have lo say is, that Col. Morgan's words sound heavy and terrible. but it is the loud repoit of a gun without shut. He will be as little likely to hurt people, as any man in the State, for the very simple reason thai tie haa no great appetite lor getting hurt himself. Look Cult Il will be seen by reference tn the proceedings in the Senate this morning, that Mr. Ewino, a Senator from Hamilton county, proposes to introduce a bill "to remodel the State government." Shades of It'ur- thington, and Ktrktr, and vnrpy, and Raldteiut and 1 1 mil Hf! ton, una lleils, and their compeers, defend us! They supposed they had framed a Constitution, and had provided in that instrument the minner in ahich it should be modified or changed. Good, easy souls, they were behind the age" nr rather, they lived loo soon lor the improvements of the present age. But here comes Senator Ewinq from Cincinnati, with notice of his intention, by the aid ot a 8enate not yet organized, "fo remodd the State government." Is (Air thenWs of the grand Donkey Convention which stt here on the lOtli of May Snd set agtin by adjournment (for incubation) on the first Monday of December f " Was uot that a magnificent Jtulet Duties or Elxctohi. On Wednesday last the Presidential Electors of the State of Ohio met at the Statesman office, and caat their vote forCaasand duller. They then proceed to draw up an address to the people of Ohio, "in relation lo the late riotous course of the Federsl inemberi of the Ohio Legislature, and those who back them, in their attempt to overthrow the law making power of the government and to bring il into contempt." The above words of description are from the Federal Statesman, aud we have only to add our hope, that the Federal Eleclora in their tddresa will give the Federal me miters just what they deserve. For lha Ohio Mat Journal. Whig Vindk'Mion. Messrs. Editors .From the following extracts of a letter received from a good arid true V dig of pattern Ohio, your readers may see that tho right spirit is among the people: "TvM the Whios to itaxi i;p roa the RifiiiT, anii adopt ()i,n ACK i'irn. meiit- NEVER SURRENDER.' .Uk othig that is mmf, and submit to mo wrong ! Ms can do without a Legislature tor one year.' Re assured the universal sentiment here and elsewhere, among the Wlns;s is, to never submit to the Lopofoeo sham organization. The Whigs here will stand up to their friends in the hour of trial. Then in baste, 1 have only to add .Verp Surrender,' " Certainly, Messrs. Editors, no Whig desires more than bis plain right. Certainly no one oould Piped less. Everyman of rationality must regard Ihe Loco, foco club as a poorly organised nmb. Those men have not taken possession of the State House lor sny purpose other than to place in the Halls of legislation tire men who knee not been ttetted sysay Inutof Ohio. Their pur pts is treasonable their every act ia one of usurpation ; and that they are not ejected from the Hall of the H"Ue is an unheard of set nf moderation and forbearance on the part of Ihe Stale Govern ment, I he people riemand energelie action, and let ihe Whig members beware, lest their moderation be-eonies so great aa to lae them Ihe confidence of the unflinching Whigs of Ohio. They may err in lenity they nerer run in mergy. God ssve the Reoubhe I O.NLOF THE VOTEHS. Voice ot the Press. We are beginning to receive from the press of the State the opinions of the people upon the subject ot the extraordinary scenes which have transpired in the House of Representatives of Ohio, during the present week. Wo are happy to say, that as far as received, they one and all speak in terms uf approval of the course of the Whig and Free Soil members, and that without exception they demand of them to be firm in support of the right to do every thing for conciliation, but to yield no principle and submit to no unjust dictation. We give a few extracts From the Lancaster Gazette. Although the Locofocos, first by a trick, and then by force, have attempted to take ponnexsion of the Chamber of the House of Representatives, tho Whign have met snd done what they could to organize, pence-ably snd properly, but with k determined spirit. The House now stands adjourned until to-morrow morning. The Locofocos, we suppose, will remain in the State House during tlie night snd engage in the same bticchsnalial revels of Inst night, in which a notorious Supreme Judgo was a chief actor. From the Cleveland True Democrat. Columbus Thk Lfoislatukc We hear nothing definite from Columbus. We hope that ere this the Legislature is regularly organized. The only difficulty we see in a quiet organization of the House, is the admission of the two Cass men from Cincinnati. They are not entitled to seats. The Clerk violated the law when he gave th a certificate, and (hey have no moro right I he re than Mr. Ren. Northrup, the Cass candidate in this county. It is a wrong and a fraud for those men to claim the seats. They never should have (hem with our consent, if ws had a vote there. We believe in legal, honorable, manly, independent action in organizing the LeiruUiu.e In tins course nothing can be lost every tiling can be gained. From the Springfield Republic. No revolution no disorganization no anarchy, Is the motto of the Whigs. Let Ihe representatives of the people stand firm the people will sustain the in. Let there he a spirit of compromise but no compromise uf principle, no qiiiiKing or quailing. You are right, gentlemen; stamp past ! From the Scioto Gazette. Hence the organization by the Whigs becomes a matter of necessity, in order that all the Districts might he called. The Whigs have organized according to usage they have called repeatedly on the Lo. cos to come in under the proper organization but the said Locos have hitherto refused, and do still refuue, to ihu damage of the State, her goud lame and fair reputation. From the Cincinnati Gazette. So far as we csn learn what has taken plice at Columbus, the violence and wrong are with the Locofocos. The Whigs Afire been quiet, orderly, litm uheyiug, right. Let tin m continue Jirm, demanding what ts right and mru, and in the usual course uf things, and they will meet the approbation of all well dijm. sed people, without distinction of party. We hear but one opinion among tho citizens. It is let the Whigs maintain their position, and the people trill sus tain thrm. The cons queiices of a failure lo u'uamze the General Assembly, will be far leis injurious lo (he best interests of the people of the Slate, and lo the Stale credit, than submission to tcrtwg- to the violent and revolutionary spirit, winch is puiliing iielf forward to rule or ruin us. Stand firm. The levy of taxes lo meet the obligations of the Slate can be made if there be no Legislature. As to the Supreme Court, it is belter to miss a term of that Court, than revolutionize the government. As to the Govt rnor, th incumbent holds on until his successor is elected and qualified. The vacancies on the bench and in other offices can be tilled hy the Governor. Noml which can follow a failure to organize the General Assembly, can equal that which mut inevitably follow an act yielding tho power of the State to Ihe lawless violence of those who arc striving, unlawfully and violently, to clutch il ! We are for a lawful organization an organization in a peaceful manner, and in the usual way. Wo would insist, to the last, for what is right, sod yield lo nothing wrong. We say then, tn our friends, and in so saying think we utier the sentiments of s large majority of the people nr. a n a no ikbmtupo thf RlftllT, AND TIEI.D TO NOTHINO WHONO. STANII FIRM ON THE CoffSTITl'TION AMP TIIK LAWS, End leave re. suits to the sober judgment of the people. They will sustain you in such a course. From the Cincinnati Alia. For three days Mr. Leiier's sijuid havrrrnnWin the State House, as Ihe Turks did in Europe They are aptly called the Prarisianal Government; for they carried their provisions with them. The provisons nave neen sciecieu according lo the Sawyer fashion ; consisting of sausages, hard biscuit and runty cheesi-! In the matter of this encampment, it is plain the Provisional Government have put lhemelves lo unnecessary discomfiture, for their opponents could do nothing without them, and therefore Ihey might just as well have enjoyed their dinners and their beds at the hotels. In Ibis respect, the other parly have had much the most practical view of tho matter. Perhaps, however, there is siiother reason why Mr. Lei-ter's squad prefer encamping in th Stale House. If thitfp is no organization there will be no pay, and Mr. Leiler and his men think il will met far less to live in the Stale House, on bread and cheese, than it will to hoard at the Hotel ! The point of the whole business is this : There are seventy members, out of the seventy-two, who have primn facie legal certificates, and an apparent right to their seats. There is no reason in Ihe world why these seventy should not orgnmz, ss the Senate did, and then decide the disputed case. Why not? because Mr. Inciter's squad will not agree to a prnpo-sition so palpably just. They insist that two men from this county shall take their seals (making a majority) who claim those seals in open djunfe af the rery law by which the election was governed! .Ve suck thing shouid Ac submitted to on ony terms. From Ihe Circlcville Herald. Uul how whs it with the " Democrals" f They resolve to be first to possess themselves of the Hall; every thing is arrsnged to secure this object; liny have men silling up all night watching, and tiro hours liefore the usual time of meeting they rush into the Hall, and at once proceed to call Hamilton county, that Ihey may steal in the men not entitled In st ats, before the Whig members could possibly lie there to object? A rabid purlixan Judge is on hand, who in hot haste administers ihe oath. They swear in all their members in this way lone before Ihe other mem bers are there, and before the meeting of the other House ot tlie General Assembly. At the usual time aud the same hour the Senate meets, Ihe Whigsenter the Hail, ami in the usual manner proceed lo swear in their members. And in this position the House remains unorganized. A mere statement of the farts, shows how honorable and (sir waa the conduct uf the Whigs, and how mean, dishonest and ridimious have been the tricks attempted by ihe Locofocos. Their conduct is so boyish ai.d aillv, that it is impossible In iielieve mat tlie actors should pretend In I Mm. All good Democrals are compelled, hy this eihmitinn, to blush for the reputation uf their party. They bang their heads in shame t From Ihe li)ton Journal. The Riot at Columri's. We have eiven a full detail of the disgraceful scenes which, under Lncofoco auspices, have been recently rnseted at Columbus. Tune does not permit comment We have only to say that the Whigs have taken a firm and manly stand, from which there will bo no retreat. From the Hamilton Intelligencer. It lurnsout to be a false report about the Whigs re ceding from Ihe House, They did not leave until a motion for admurnment had earned. 1 he scenes in Ihe House were not unlike our ides of the contusion of tongues st (label. The contemptible trick by winch the Locos sought to secure the control of the House has no paralh-lin the annnla of legislation, Our notnm ts that the Whigs have a maiontv least. ly elected, and any infamous proceeding by which Lo cos seek to trample upon right aud justice, and secure party dominaticy, should ue met with firm and determinate opposition. The Whigs have no nehtto surren der. They would be craven it they did. From the Lebanon Stir. To the Whigs, we sav, YOU ARK RIGHT! Hold on snd never let go ! If the House is not organized unui aoomsnay, never consent to an organization winch will admit Ihe usurping Locoioco members of Hsmilinn county to seats, and exclude the leeallv elected Whig members from the Cincinnati District. lo John A. lodds,nur Representative, we sav vuur constituents approve your course he firm and unflinching never strike your Hag to a mob stay at Columbus, if necessary, to ihe second Tuesday of October next, and if the State Treasurer won't pay you lor for your services, the Whijs uf Warren will ! The supremacy of the laws must be preserved at all hazards. From the Wootter Democrat. The Lnrofocns appear determined lo nersiit in their unhallowed scheme of usurping the control of the law making power, Hy Irsudoi the mo,t hold and rerale.. character, and in despite of the decision of the people. as manifested at the ballot boxes. The Whig mem. bers, it would appear, have taken their stand agalnal the contemplated outrage, and, we trust having nghl and justice on their side will adhere to thai position to the end In so doing, they will meet the a p. probation nf their constituents, and he fnllv snd Iri. umphanlly sustained by every right thinking cititen of VUIW. From the Lrbaua Citizen. The Whigs have uluuted themselves on the side of right snd justice, and havu made many propositions fur the adjustment of all the difficulties, which could not full to be acceded lo by reasonnble men; but the Loco mob sre determined to have things iu their own way, or not at all. Hide or rum is their motto. We are glad to learn, as wo do from the Journal, that all tho W hig members are firm and united, and that they will ask for nothing but what is right and submit lo nothing that is wrong. 1 tie proceeuiuirs of the Lncufoco mob. as reoorled in the Journal from day to day, sre disgraceful in the extreme ; and will go far to exhibit lo the honest portion of our people, the desperate character of the Loco-foe o party leaders. We regret that we have uot room for these proceedings to day. From the Dayton Transcript. This ia a plain and common sense question and it addresses itself to the sound good sense of every reflecting man It is too plain to need comment too self-evident, as to its merits, to need argument to dem on st rate it. We leave it with our readers simply remarking, that now may be seen, as a noonday sun, how flinwey and ridiculous were the pretences of the self-styled Democracy in claiming a majority in Ihe Legislature, and how dishonest and nefarious the means resorted to to cover up their fraudulent and wicked designs. Let every citizen look at this matin the light of truth and justice, aud decide accordingly. That decision wo du nut fear, but we are quite certain there are lhot0 who not only fear it, but in due time, wilt bo made to fuel it in the overwhelming indignatiou uf an outraged and defrauded constituency. From the Piqua Register. The Lncofoco members of the llouae have ihus far in the attempt toorganize, manilested more of the mob npirit than any other. They show themselves determined not to do right. To us it appears impossible thai an organization can be effected. The Licos claim what we hope the Whigs will never allow them llmt is the right to control the body by thrusting into il, ns members, men whom the peopla refused to elect fur that purpose in other words, men who were defeated at the polls are to be forced upon the people as their Representatives, and those who were chosen denied the privilege of seals in the House. We hope the Whigs will never submit to tin, be the consequences what they may. Thus fur they (Ihe Whigs) have ask ed for nothing but what is rig'it; we hope they will under no circumstances submit to any flung wrong Their rights arc clear, they know them let them ad here to them and defend thorn to the last. From the Portsmouth Tnbuno. How at Columbus Since Monday last, ihe Stale House, at Columbus. has been the scene of the most disgraceful drama yet etiacieu m ine annals ot Uhio. On that (Jay the Le ginlitiire of the State should have organized and proceeded to business ; hut the spirit ol anarchy, generated and fostered by Locofocoiim, prevented The leaders of the Locdoco party have set themselves up to resist Ihe laws of the Slate, to either control or dis perse tli' Legislature, and to overthrow the cnsinu lion and Stale goveniiiiel.t. Very sensitive ihey feign to be lesl the Constitution be violated ; yet they scruple not, either as citixensor sworn officers, to couiiteniinee the violation if it accrue lo the advantage of their party, and not only so, hut numbers nf them are now clandestinely assembled at Columbus, for the avowtd purpose of overthrowing the commotion itself, if it stand in the way of their ambitious designs. Theso are the precious scamps who sre . laying their villainous pranks at tlm capital of your Stale. From the Cincinnati Chronicle. Lot the Wings continue to adhere to their requisi-li"ii that the law for the apportionment snd election of the members of the Legislature shall be serupulous ly obrierved throughout; and on the heads of those who in disregard of that law, biijjte the organization K AI L the co-Mi.iiKnin. The people will hold them to fearful account and applaud those who in all emergen eies and at all hazird, venerate and obey the law. According lu (he true theory of this government, the recorded statute is the only authoritative expression of the voice and will of the people. Wo to those who despite their recorded will! Let the Whigs be firm and prove themselves worthy of public confidence. The people will sustain (hem. Speech or Mu. Oim Our columns to-day con tain the speech of Chauncey N. Olds, sq., elect to the House of Representatives, from the district com posed of the counties of Ross and Pickaway, delivcrd in the Douse, on Saturday. Although a new mem ber, and comparatively a young man, Mr. Olds is rap dly gaming the confidence of the Whigs of the House and of the State. He baa shown himself to be a man for the times equal lo ita emergencies and fitted to bears leading part in its events. The speech will well repay an attentive perusal, as its facts can be relied upon, and its arguments are unanswerable. Clerk of the Lnat Henntc. We have failed to speak of the deserved compliment paid to Ai.BtnT Gallowat, Esq , the Whig candi date for Clerk of the Senate, by the Wing members of that body. Throughout a balloting never equalled in a legislative body in number, they stood by lum proclaiming, ly this means, much more forcibly than they could have done by words, the high estimation in which ihey held him, both as a Clerk and as agon. lleman. 1 here cannot be found in the State a belter Whig than Mr. Gslloway, nor one more admirably qutiiiieu iur i.io posi 10 which ne was nominated. In the House. At 10 o'clock this morning Ihe Whip members of (lie House met in the 11-11 weiitlhrough wuhacall of the unrepresented districts, without, however, eli citing any response. After Ihe lapse of time sufficient to give Ihe refractory members opportunity to present their certificates, or to make some movement towards the acceptance nf Ihe compromise offered by the wings, it they felt inclined to free themselves from a positiun which is every day becoming more ridiculous in their own eyes as irell aa in Ihe eyes of ihe public, ll.e Wings, no such movement showiim itself, adiuurn. ed the House until Un o'clock lo mouow. BJ" Mr. Whitman, the member with the ringlets, from Fairfield county, seems to have taken upon him self tu do the duty of fogleman of his pvly in the Senate. Ihe pretentious air with which he calls for the ayes and noes Umn a motion to sdjournf and distributes ballots on a vote for a petty officer, will no foil til, ere long, be taken as an evidence of positive merit by his party, and he will be installed accordingly. ne seems endowed uy indulgent nature with those shining qualities which, if properly cultivated and matured, would doubtless render him eminent as an active member of a small tea party. May his shadow never be a hair shorter. Goon, whether tri k or not. There is a report in circulation, that a Committee of the Locofocos now encamped in the State House, wailed upon the Rev- rend llupisin of the Penitentiary on Saturday last and requested Into lo hold divine services in the Hall of the House, on tho afternoon of the next day. The story is, that the venerable minister white returning a very polite re hi -a I to th.ir request, added, that he was constrained to do so from Ihe fact, that although he had had some experience in preaching lo convids, he had never attempted preaching to lunatics, and did not know how. Takino tub Cur. The Statesman, who all along has been boasting of the parly rising of Ihe Locofoco members on Monday last, and sneering al the " lazy Whigs, who allowed themselves to be be s ten by those who got up earlier than themselves, has now la- ken Ihe cue, and aa we expected has turned its tone, i Now it declares that there was no haste in the mailer. All was done deliberately and fairly. The charge of early rising is all a Whig lie, Ac , Ac. All tins must go for what it ia worth; and as the Statesman's fibs can be proved from ita own columns, we put it al issue with itself, atsuring the people of the State of Ohio that the parlies to the controversy on both sides are so mean thai we do not care to interfere. ID In announcing the comrml'es appointed by the Chairman nf the House to report upon the circum stances which have prevented a final organization, ....I. ......... TL.l i. .n.u..J Af il). following gentlemen : Messrs. Olds, Pennington, Marsh, Reberand Uundy. Amrnhs. The Statesman raises s tremendous cry because we thought the whole Parliament of Praise. Got) Hare-Hones might have been thrown out of ihe window, the oilier night when they were asleep. Well, we sre sorry, and now, to make all the amends in our power, we will admit that wo believe that they might also have been thrown hark again, without the least injury to their brains or damage to their intellects. Revolutionary Declamation. We wish tn call the parlicutar attention of our readers to the harangue of Senator Qi'atilesi'M, of Far field, in our 8ente reports of to day. It is rieh. Tlie Senator seems to have the revolutionary cholera strong upon linn. Remark of Mr. OLDS, of Pickaway. In the House, on Saturday, December fcUh, Mr. Olds of Pickaway, on the Whig side of tho House, moved the adoption of the following resolution: iHrsolredt That a committee of five be appointed by tins House to inquire into and report upon the causes which havo thus far prevented a more perfect organization of this House." The motion having been stated hy the chairman, (Mr. Holcniub,) Mr. OldB proceeded to address the House, as follows : Mr. Chairman : 1 present tins resolution and urge its adoption for reasons that must be apparent to every member in this House. We have just listened, with patient and respectful attention, to the leading of a report by the gentleman who officiates as cterk of the partially organized body on the other side of this hall, which purports to set forth, in true colors, the causes that hove hitherto prevented their full organization. We are here, sir, and have been here for days, with a partial organization on our side of the House, and any one who will permit his memory to call up the exci ting and tumoltuour scenes of Monday and luesday last, will perceive reasons enough for a conflict of opinion and a conflict of narrative in recurring to events which then transpired, without being left to suppose that there has been a wilful perversion of the truth. I am not hero to charge gentlemen un the oilier side of the House with un intentional mm representation, in their report, just read iu our hearing, of any of the occurences of the last fewdays, winch are now becoming history ; bull feel it tnbe my duly, and I claim to be my right to say, in Ihu hearing of every man claiming a scat in this hall, that the narra tive contained in that report is widely different from my recollection of the facts. Such statements, mrnle here or elsewhere, with whit motives 1 do not pretend to judge, shall not he permitted to go forth to the world with my silent acquiescence. In justice to myself and to my W liig brethren around me in these seats, I claim the right, na n sworn member ol' tins House, to narrate these facts as they occurred under my own nbnc rvation, and 1 do it now, in the presence ol all who have been actors in these scenes, that I may at once be set right if my narration is not a truthful one Allow me, however, first to say, Mr. Chairman, that I have presented this resolution, and now otl'er lliesa remarks entirely upon my own responsibility, without any time for reflection or previous arrangement, without any consultation wiifi my friends around me, and indeed in apparent conflict with their wishes as expressed this morning before we enlered this hall. For, sir, when they instructed me to present the pre-nmble and resolutions which have just been adopted, declaring our acceptance of the plan for an organizx. lion of this House proposed in our hearing on yesterday hy the gentleman from Genuirii, (Mr. Riddle,) for himself and his associates nlioie names are sp. landed thereto, they expressed the wish that il should tie done without remarks, for fear that ihe excitement of argument and the collision of debate might repel rather lliuii conciliate tltomt whom we seek to unite in harmonious action for the further organization of tins body. I seceded to thai r 'finest. Uot now, sir. with this report of these gentlemen unon the other side of the hall, starring us in the face and touching upon your conduct and mine as humble actors in "hese scenes, I feel th.it I have a higiier responsibility tlian tli a l winch connects me with these worthy asso- lates around me. I am tn speak tor myself, as a man, and for that honest constituency whoso rights I am sent here to protect. Tlie present week which is now cloaing, has been to me the moat pmitul week ol y existence. I came into this ball on Monday mor ning, a young and inexperienced Representative, anxious to discharge my duty faithfully, aud with timid distrust of my own ability ; si d I am no about to leave it on the last day m the week, without having seen even an organization of this House perfected. I linu a pirti.il organization upon the one aide, and a partial organization on the other side, each silting without a quorum to do business, and neither one recognizing tlie validity or legality of the oilier. What has produced this state ol things? Let the facts as ihey have transpired speak for themselves. un Ajrtnnay morning, having breakfasted in a private family at an early hour, I went to my room at the Capitol House and called upin one of my aso. ciatea, a member elect nf this House 1 learned from linu that his breakfast hour had not yet arrived 1 left him and walked in the direction of the State House. Seeing Ihe doors open, I entered for the purpose of ascertaining what seat had been assigned me by the officer who had charge of the Hall, and to make the acquaintance of any of the members who might hap pen io ue present. II was then near o o clock in ihe morning, and I had understood that ihe usual hour for the meeting and organization of the House was at 10 o'clock. 1 had been in the Hull about ten minutes, when hearing a rap at the Clerk's desk, and turning in that direction, I saw some onu cillmg the Hoiue io order, and heard hnn calling the members from Hamilton county. Thereupon five gentlemen presented themselves and handed to the one who had assumed to act as chairman, papers which I supposed were certificates of election At tins moment Mr. Holcomb, member elect from Gillia county, rose and addressed the chairman, who politely turned towards him, and seemed to be attentive to what he was say-ing. Rut in Ihe mean time, and at Ihe very moment while Mr. Holcomb was objecting, Judge Read, of the Supreme Court was quietly sdoiimstering the oath of office lo the five gentleman from Hamilton county, and within one rnnnile from the time Ihe first call was made, they were all sworn in, and taking their seals as members. Mr Holcomb, see in 7 this, refrained from speaking, and took Ins seat. The call was con. linued hy the gentleman acting ss chairman, and when concluded, some thirty, or perhaps thirty-one or two members had reneived the oalh of office, and taken their sests all of these were Democrats. As near as I can ascertain, there were at that time only eight Whig members in the House, and they, disgusted al the indecent haste, and regarding this attempt at an orgamzilion as illegal, inasmuch as the apportionment law of the State was wholly disregarded in the very nrsi siep, ana as no quorum was present, declined participating in it, and remained silent in their seats. De-fore HI o clock the call had been once or twice repealed, and some two or three more Democratic members had been sworn snd had taken their seats. At 1(1 o'clock, Ihe Slate House bell having been rung as usual, and the memtiers generally appearing to be in the House, a call for credentials was again mads by the assumed chairman, he neglecting how ever to call Hamilton county. Mr. Spencer, member elect from the first district of Hamilton, county, rose aim enquire a riainnioo coumy wouia not Oe united. The gentleman in the Chair re pled, " Hamilton county is already full." Mr Spencer remarked, I am here, sir, with credentials showing that I am elected to represent the first dinlnct of that county, and I with lo present them that they may be examined.'' The getiilemau in the chair declined to receive them, aud Mr. Spencer sal down. Having thus learned thai a legl organisation was resisted by those who had usurped Ihe places ot power in Ihe House, it was moved and carried un the Wing side, that Mr. Holcomb art ss Chsirman, and Mr. Swill, the Clerk of the last Mouse, as Clerk, for the purpose of legally organizing the House. Mr. Holcomb, ss Chairman. Ihen called the counties and districts in alphabetical order accord ing to long eatamuhed usage, and all Ihe Whig members present, (race pimg ouu who had previously han. ded til Ins certificate lo ihe other chair man,) presented their credentials and received the oalh of ofiire ad ministered by Kq Martin, a magistrste of Columbus. There wn. llii'tt . 04II of the IIoum. nnlt.rfil. .ti .1 nt quorum ipt'rmir, mi umlmn, Ihe Wing fide ol' llie llouw .(Ijotirnril until Iwo o nlork in Itn .ItoriKvitl. Tliese , Mr. Clmirman. .rr .iili.l.nli.llv ll I'.rL ill lhy nccu'red under my own oli.vrv.lin. Oilu'r in cnlrtit. ni.y li.v trnii.ir-d Hut -c.i.ri my .urn-lion, bin nmit, I brlirvr, lli.l would conflict Willi llm furrgoilig .Ulrim-nti. 1 know, ir, tli.l it lin. bitn eh. reed in thia Hon.. and out nl it, and a pnrlitnn prra. haa arnl atirotd thn a.arrlinn, thai thia partial orifaniiatinn on our aid ol the Hall, waa rilVctrd in a mot riolotia and diauidi-r ly manner, and llinl we are hrre in our pnailiun a. die. orirannera and diturbra of the pulilie prace. Jtut I appeal to every jri'iilleinan claiming a teal here, nn una am. and on that aide, and lo all candid men wlm minuted III tlie vaat aaaeiiililntre wli'cll crowded every link and corner of Una Hull, and I know lint Ihey will au.lain uie iu the aiaerlion that the excitement. coul'ii.ion and uproar pervaded alike every porlt.n ot ine naaeuiuiy, and waa lur a time beyond all control. Thai our aide, waa lima oharacteriled in any greater degree than the other, ia nilliout any foundation in fact. Indeed, air, it ia a matter nf painful notoriety, that when tho oath of ollire waa adinini.lered lomem bera on Ihia aide of the Hall, the luinult wa. indecent, ly awelled in volume upon that aide, aa if intended to Irown the voice nl the magiatrale, and dealroy the ao lemntty of hia official act. We are charged aUo with getting un, and enntinu ing uul organiaation in one comer of Itua Hill, wlul they claim to be hidier than we are, hecan.e Ihey art holding uaurped pnaaeasion of the .'all ol power. Hut I aay tu theae gentlemen, that having been duly qualified aa member, of thia body, and having etlect cd our orgnnitalion tn the aame extent that tliey have, and in a more legal manner, we Inve al leant an equal right W illi lliein to occupy any place or any part nf Una Hall. And I aay now tu llinl honorable gentle man, who with aueh dignified ciiiiiioaure, grace, that Hieaker'a chair, that hia right to hold that .eat agailial your claim, Kir, aa Chairman nf Ihia oriran'laluin, ia nn belter than a equaltere claim to our VV e.lern landa. And yet that he mny enjoy hi. elation in peace, and di.miia llie lluiiierniia body guard who have an long atiroiiiiiled him, 1 annnuncu lo II i tat on your behall, Mr. Chairman, that we do not pmimae to invade him in hia lofty retreat. We ire here a. lover, of order, and not nf disorder. We are here and we remain line, aa peaceable men, alriving in every lair and honorable, way to bring tog tber the diacordnnt eleiuentl of tin. body, md not tn drive them Bill! flirllier aatlnder. liul 1 oak tlicw gi ntlcmau over Uw way, if llicy do not evinco their own aenae of the dciubtrul character of their title and clam to lean upon Ihia Uoor. by the v.. pt-iiniui-ur "mi wincn aay aueroay.no night oiler niL'hl Ihey continue In lioldim in protracted aea-aion lo their aaaumed poiitiona. It ia, loaay the leait ol it, aa.ecica of pulincil incubation which 1 for one can never envy. We are charged further, Mr. Chairman, with re-maining here in our p.it,n, j , faclioui ,d IeM. Iu.ua apirit, for the piirpoie of nreventln. l.r-l ,. ganglion ot tin. Hoie,.nd thereby breaking up tin. branch of the buite Government. Oenllemell over l ie way in mock horror appeal to u. to coi.templalo the diana'roua conaequence. which mu.t en.ue if we persi.t in our courae, and Ihey eloquently depict the ruin of our Slate credit, the clo.i.n, r ....... ..r .,. Court, of ju.tice, and the dialianmug of our Uenevo- ir... iii.,i.uii..ii.. n ia a leariui picture. Would to Heaven, I had the power to hold it .i,..l,l i,.f, their gaze until the eye ahould all'cot llie liearl! lint wnere, air, reala Ilia reapon.ibilily of briliging upun our beloved Stale audi culauiitiea. Again, 1 Bay, let w UE ..uioiuru io a canain world. Wo have on each aide of thia hall, t partial and ' eeparate organiiation. Oura ia at leaat good ia tbe;re. In uaiiy reapecla it is heller. Oura waa be-gun It theuaual hour of tho day, a. ealnbli.hed by long custom theira al a inoal unuaual hour, and pressed on in lint hn.te, for the verv uurno.. of eir. ciimvenling some of Ihe KepresenlaliveB of the pec pie by a trick, aa lias been almost admiited in terms to day in our hearing. Our. was cnudiiclcd in for.,. sanctioned by u.age as old a. tlie Slate itself, the Clerk of the last House, as I am inlo-iued, always nrlicialing as Clerk in the nrgsniiaiion, if present, and """" couiiiiea ana Districts being always called in alphabetical order Theirs wa. conducted ill litter disregard of usiige in both of these particulars. OurB was mailt, lo coiitorm lo the apportionment law of tho Slute-lhi irs waa prosecuted in open and palpable VI-nulion of the plainest provisions of thai law! Hut, Sir, adioil for llie sake of the argument, that we are only equal to them in nur initiatory atepa to. words an orgm.zilinn. Where yet lies the responsibility ol preventing more pern el orgaiiixaliou I Neither side separably Ihb a quorum for the transaction nf business, and while each persists in Us conflicting claims, neither can hove such a quorum. Separated, we are powerless, and must ever remain ao. Which side Iiob unbent in any degree for Hie lake of on uuiun r l,et facta again apeak On Monday sfler-noon, we proposed to recognise their organization and abandon our own, if they would luko our list of sworn members as cerlilied by the unigisirale, and enter il upon their h.l nf iiiemliera. We said to them, you have examined your on certificates and judged of yuur own qiiohlicalioiis oa iiiemberB of the House; we hove examined ours and judged of our quiiliucl-lions ss iiieuibeis ; we will now receive your, on tru.l, if you will lake ours in the same spirit of generosity. To this proposilion we received Ihe polite reply, thai if ive would forward our certificates lo them, and they should be found on examination by them lo be correct, our names should bo entered on their mil. (ieueroti. reciprocity indeeil ! They would litst sit la Ihe atbi-lers of their nwll case, and then condescend lo make Ih-'iiisclvc s ihe judges of ours also ! Arntn, we ptup.ised lliat as the only serious difficulty lay between the four claiinsnl. from Cincinnati, only uvo of whom could in any event be really entitled lo seats, wo would permit our two claiiuunta lo slnnd aside with Iheir Iwo, until the Housu could be org mixed and thereby make itself lite proper conslitu-IioiiiI judge of these conflicting claims. Tbia we did, knowing loo, lint our cl int. whom we Ihua depn- Ved of the privilege of oiirlicinitimr in llie nriomu. lion of Ihe House and in Ihe election of its ollicers, had in their possession evidence ol title lo Iheir Bean, aa indisputable on a fair conical, aa our own and lint upon such oontcl, the claims of their opponent! must fall lu Ihe ground. lint even this proposition was indignantly rejected by these gentlemen on the other aide of tins H ill, some of rhom are holding on pertiliaciouily, by inghl aa well abyd.iy, in a continuous session, to Beau, iriim which un l lair contest, they kuow they must bo jeoii-u. And after ill tins. Mr. Chlirman. tin. rrenllemin from Cincinnati, (Mr. l'ugli) warns us eloquently of the calamiliea which must visit nur devoted Stale, because ice, these taction,!!, in the corner, will not or- janixe tins legislature, lie even compares us lo tho heartlcea mollier of the dead child belore King Sol omon. All, Sir, the gentleman has called to In. .id a most unfortunate illustration I Who ia the agnnixed mollier, in thia instance, unless .he be this beloved Slate, on wli.se bosom we have all been nourished? Who is the child of her love, unless il bo this Legislative body, lha oll'iprmg of her Constitution and Lows? And who is the executioner with drawn sword to divide and keep la.undcr Ibis palpitating oooyr r. no is il, D,r - Let llie genlleman answer ! Wuuld lo Uod that a S ilomoii were here, with Ins wisdom and kingly power, lu eel as judge in Una ooit-truveray.Uul, Mr. Chairman, I ask again where ahall tlie responsibility rest, if this House is not organin d. Lei the InctB once more speak. On yesterday the propositions of the gentleman from Ueanga (Mr. Riddle) on behalf of himaelf and hia Free Soil brethren, were aubmitted in our hearniff to the eenllemen over Ihe way. Those proposition, commend themselves In every candid, imp irlial mind. They seem to havo ue- i. ..ii.-ivo in spirit oi conciliation mil peace. 1 admire Ihe present position of our Free Soil brethren m nils House. I honor them for Iheir maiile loon and bearing. Dlessed are the Peoce M ikera 1 Tin Ir propositions have received Irom us careful con.idera lion, and lo day wa have accepted tliem and made Iheiu nurs. Tilirtyeight members, a maiontv ,.t tin. whole body, hive attached their ligualurcs lo these pnp unions, and pledged their honor aa men to abide by them, lor tho purpoie nl elf 'Cling an amicable and lair argtiniilioii of this House. And .hill it still lie said Ihil ie are a faclinus minirity, di.iurbera of the public peace, disorgamxers, seeking revolution, reckless of the character md honor oi tho Slate, reckless of our own honor? Mr. Chairman, I tu-n once more to these gentle men over the way, who bo mien harranguo u. upon the drradlul con, quence. that must follow if thia House falls lo pieces, and I ask Mr. on whom rests the responsibility 1 auk litem more in sorrow than Hi anger, if their memories never recur lo the 10th of May, when Iheir political friends and some of their own number met in convention and aolemnly reaolved thai (ai LtQitlnlnrt skoultl not ke orptntud. Have Iheir inrmonee ceased lo call up Hie tact lint many nf them, when nominated fur these verv -rate in wbicfi ihey now ait, accepted audi nomination with a toltmm 'rdjrs thai if elected they would not nrgauixe thia House I (ieiillemen over the way, wArrs rwtt Uit rt. tpimMtbilitti t Mr. Chairman, I hove now aaid all that I intended In aay. My position ia taken. In my judgment we have gone aa far aa honorable men eau go In effect lair and legal organnali.in of thia body. Here I re. msin. l).y aficr day, week after week, and ih after month if need be, until mv coiiatiluli.mal lernl of office as a Ilcpreaentalive shall expire, Aire skull I lnni, ready lo aid in the organiiation and bu.ineas nf the House, llul 1 will not sacrifice principle. I will uol countenance any attempt io organise the law making piwer in open and boastful violation of the law. Il waa my good fortune, on the first day of the eei-ion. In have around me a large body of my cun.titu. ' intelligent, prudent, law abiding men. Tiny approved mv efforla nn that occasion In guard Iheir tightl and sustain the laws of the Slab-. I he first letponse lias also reached me from those wh.rir pursuing their quiet avocaiinna al h e. They aay I have done right. My own judgment, alter careful de. liberation, approves their decision and if llie law unking power nf tin. great Stale ahall be diuolved, lei the dire re.pnnaibilily of thai act real on the In a, la nf those men who sit iu yonder tests rejecting Willi terms of insult every overture of peace. !, an imparliol and injured peupla will make It leal, lu their hands I leave it. ZT Unlike the man who aaw the oalf'l tail sticking nut of i hole, and wondered how the ealfgol in there, the philosopher who lakes view of the Beat of the Honorable Senator from Fairfield ean.al iglanee.tee calf, tail and all. We underaland thai Hut l.air brained anarchist list been inax'.ng especially free with the ' Slate Journal, in hit place in the Senate this morning sllouling and bawling, at the same tinw .11 ..i. revolutionary balderdaali. He is welcome I Lei linn ueci.no .i us uniii nis enure lul).Lnr is elongated into one inl.na. sn.l Ip.r... I i ,. . . j - ' ....-....o. m.ji e win lei bun inflate and bray himself out again for ninrpcnce. TWo ire deaired bv a .uli.unn.l II, m.. citiien of Columbus lo inquire of Ihe Ohio Stales. man What prnperty il la, in lha Slale llouae, which Hie Federal memltcrs are an anxioua tn lu. k.ni lhat Ihey cannot be induced lo leave il nlghl nor dsv! IV. II .l. u... . . . 1 .. in uie rjiaiesiuan give u. an inventory or the irti. clea? Ilmnr Ci.ar. The Lexington Observer of Wrd-nesdoy lost saya:- Mr. Clay t health, we tre grain lied lo lesrn, coiilinue. In improve. He ia .till coo. lined lo Ins room, however, and continues quite fie. hie." t.iw AVIl Amt A llnnnl I II I .. mouioni recently levied lor rent upon the atmlm of his leii.nl, a aculp- ' e .....oe oi .israe, ana s.nn uniler Ihe ham iter .hoot Allltl ....... . - " lor bi,u was proven that the aiicliniieer .old Ihe I I of Jolin Wesley for ,o.i, i .on.iie, one oi lliautrcy, aa "a bald haired nlnpe'a; ' thai of llnlfaelle, as "a long headed .how. boy a, and Hist nl Sir Charles Oell.as "Deal Hilike'l " The jury, indignant at the npprcesion nf Hie laudlerd, the ignorance of the lilelinneer, and the desecration of llie arts, g.ve the sculptor JLV00 damages. A, il. t-rrtb'sM.

WEEKLY 0 10 STATE JO VOLUME XXXIX. COLUMBUS, SATURDAY, DEC EMBER 16, 1848. NUMBER 16. FUBL1SIIKI) EVKUY VVBDNBdlMY MOUMNU, BY Til HALL & REED. Office in the Journal 1 1 ml tli (iff, south ist corner of High street and Sugar alley. WM. B. THRALL ANDHKN1.V RUED, Editors. TKRMS: Three Dollars pr.R annum, which msybedischarRed by tlie payment of Two Doi.lahs in advance, and free of poetaRB, or of per centime to Apents or Collectors. The Journal ia also published Daily and Tri-Weekly da h.g the year UailT,peraunuiu,Ji.o) Tri-WecUy, Jit- SATURDAY EVENING, December 0, 1H4R. The Home Another Peace Proposition bra Majority of the House, rejected by the Locofocos At 10 o'clock this morning, Gen. IIolcomi again called the House to order, (the Locofocos itill occupying scats on the left hand aide, and Mr. LtUer from Stark, potted in the chair usually occupied by the ! Speaker,) and after a call of the unrepresented Dis-, trtcta, without an one answering, Mr. Olds offered the following preamble and resolutions, which were unanimously adopted by the Whig. Prerioua to putting the queition on the resolutions, Mr. Spencer asked to be excused from voting upon them, aa hit rigid to a scat was involved in the dispute. Allho', by adopting that paper, his friends apparently acknowledged a doubt as to his right to a seal, where, in his view, no doiibl could exirt, yet he wit willing, for the sake of peace and harmony, for the welfare of the State, to yield to the action of hia friends, and even sign his name to the paper. All who acknowledge the force of law, must recognize hid right to a seat here. Mr. S. spoke briefly ana then the resolutions were id opted, as follows: Wiikrkas, We have been engaged, since Monday morning last, in elfirts to organize this House in a leg! and constitutional manner, and in accordance with our sense of duty to our constituents, which efforts have hitherto proved unsuccessful and whereas we are now ready, as we ever have been, to co-operate with all members elect upon this floor, in a fair, amicable and K'gal organization of the House i therefore, fssuiW, That we accept and adopt the plan of nr- Janixation proposed in our hearing yesterday, by Mr. Iiidlk,oii belmlf of himself and seven other members elect, (ss follows :) ttWiiERCAi, the members elect of the flnuie of Rep-1 resent a lives of the Stale of Ohio, hitve assembled at the I Cupiiol of die State, and hive been sworn into office-but have as yet been unable to urgnmze in come, quence of a difference of opinion as to the right of certain gentlemen, (who, with the real, have been sworn,) to occupy seats in this Hall, and to participate in the deliberations of this body ; and whereas, this difference of opinion seems likely to prevent an urbanization of the General Assembly, and interrupt llie pro. greas of the government, a result to be deprecated by every good citizen. Therefore, Resolved, Uy the members elect of the House of Representatives, lor the purpose or preserving the dig-tiity of this bndv, securing n nrifaniiatiou thereof, saving the State from anarchy, and effecting a temporary oranixali'in of the House, ihatthe certificates or other evidence of election of Messrs. Pugh, fierce, Uunyan and Spencer, ue returned to I lie tit that the certificates of all other members elect shall be delivered to Dr. Towtislieud, of Lorain county, and placed on file thai all the certificated members shall take seaU except Messrs. Hugh, Pierce, Uunyan and Spencer, none of whom shall participate in the deliberations of in w body uniil their respective rights to seats there-in shall be dciei mined. " Htstdced, Tint the members elect thus assembled, hall proceed to elect a Speaker, Clerk andSergeant-at-Aruis. all pro tein Resolved, That the Speaker temporarily elect, shall forthwith appoint the usual committee on Privileges end Elections, to whom shall be referred all certificates, papers and claims of members to seals, winch committee shall, as pruinptly as possible, report the some to the House. Rrinlvtdi Thai there shall he no election of permanent officers no legislative business transacted beyond what is necessary to effect a permanent organi anion of the House, until all claims to seals shall be decided, unless by co-ntnon consent of the House, except it be to communicate with the Senate, and to unite with litem in convassing the votes for Governor Resolved, That all questions relating to the claims of members to seats shall he considered separately that all certificated members not herein before excepted hall have a right to vole, provided that no one shall have a right to vote upon any question ia any way re. latino; to his own seat. " Resolved, That if any member elect he held not en-tilled to his seat on the ground of ineligibility, the minority candidate shall in no ease be permitted to take said seat, but the same shall be declared vacant, and the question as to who shall occupy the same shall be referred back to the people of the proper districts. " Resolred, That if all the foregoing resolutions shall be adopted and carried out in good faith, we pledge our honor as men to abide by them and the principles there set forth. N L Oil AKKEE, 8. W. McCUJHK, ISAAC VAN imllF.N, i.EVKHEiT JOHNSON, ISAAC LEE, JOHN F. MOUSE, A. G. Ill DDL E, NORTON 8. TOWNSHEND." firsolrtd, That if all the foregoing re oluiions shall be adopted and carried out in good faith, we pledge our honor, as men, to abide by them and the pnnci nles therein set forth. AtiKi.M t tioLca, Oj.ivkr M. ttrocxH, Gkorob W. Hunt am, Join Hanmokii, H. r. Howarii, Chaukcm N Oi.ua, Joar.ru K. Will, Mii.tta Pknnibutoh, Bamuki. Uioorn, J run C Philips, IUmht YV. Smith, Geohor lUaia, Attn ton Jones, II- msnr, Abjhaiiav Thompson, Akurxw Scott, David Grcoorv, Hamvrl Watt, JoiHUA II AMSl.tTOIt, TaKXV Jl'l I AS, J'lllAH 8. CoPKLAMU, Ll'TlirH UUlilIOS, Hichaho Green, Asxt 8 IUndall, Felix Mahsii, John Foster, 8ktii Witonronn, Exha Uhainerp, G rung a Hahdkitt, John A. Douns. At this point in the proceedings Mr. Itresli (Loco foco) made his appearance at the Clerk's desk and proceeded to read a paper in relation to mailers as they have stood for the past week, misrepresenting, intentionally or unintentionally, the position of the Whigs. After he had concluded Ihe reading, Mr. Push declared that As bad no doubt of the un constitutionality of the apportionment law ! He was sent here to defend Ihe rights of the people of Ham illon county, and he would ntvr compromise. He waa the Representative of the whole county not oft district and he was elected iu defiance, of the Uw of lost winter, and the people of Hamilton county nteer would submit to that law. They had sent him lura especially to oppose that law. If the Constitution onu!4 not prevent the division of counties, whv, let there he no Constitution. After Mr. P. had spoken t length, Mr. Olds offered the following resolution, which wta adopted i Resolred, That a committee of five he appointed to inquire into, and report to this House, the causes' which have (bus fsr prevented a perfect organization of this House. In offering this resolution Mr. Olds addressed the members assembled at length his remarks will be given hereafter and upon the conclusion of hia address, Messrs. Olds, -, Pennington, Riddle and Dundy, were appointed a committee under the resolution.Mr. Pugk again took the floor, and during the course of his remarks, he admitted that, through fear that the Whigs would g-t the start of them, they had made a rapid move on Monday morning and that now he would never assent to any thing in Ihe shape of a proposition coming from the Whigs, having for its object sny chango in the present position of matters in this Hall. Mr. Spencer moved a call of the unrepresented districts, and before Ihe question was taken, he address ed the House, He said the Constitutionality nf the apportionment law has been called in question by Mr. Pui(h. Now, thst act is either the law, or it ta not. If it is the law, it should not be violated. If it is not the law, why is the ge lie man (Mr. Pugh) here eloim-tug seat under UP Gentlemen on the left have mistaken the intellifence of the people when they suppose their right w.U be recognized to decide upon this great Constitutional question. The gentleman claims that he has a certificate in accordance with the law. I claim that I have a certificate which entitles me to niy seat under the law. Here then we stand. I 9 can never submit that my right shall be decided upon b? the vote or that genllemsn. will not oik to steads Neon Ais csim. 1 will not sav stand aside, for I in holier tian thou i' nor should As say to ins I am . holier than thou." He claims the seat. I claim It. Here we are equal. If the law be aa I claim il, I am entitled to my seat. If it be as he claims il, he should have Ins seat. This question I am prepared to submit to any institutional tribunal which ia competent to try ihe matter. At the cW of Mr. Spencer's remarks the House adjourned until ino i1..k M.....L. mn.n,. Wt call the attention of the pub ho ta Uw important fact that here is a fair and equitable proposition signed by members of the House, submitted to the consideration of the Revolutionists, and rrjeettd by them. It must be borne in mind that these fuctionists came together bound by their resolution of the llllhof May to break up the law making power of the Slate, or to control it ; and in pursuance of that resolution they are now acting. Address of the Locoioco Electors Official Falsehood coming to the aid of Legislative Fniud, The Lncofoco Electors for President and Vice President in Ohio, appear to have given a broader construction to their duties as the agents of the people than is contemplated in the letter of the Constitution. Happening here in their official capacity, on the first Monday in December, it was their lot, not merely to view, but doubtless to give aid and counsel In the tumultuous and fraudulent proceedings with which their parly lias disgraced the State, and broken its pesce. They have done more. Hy their own names and description as 11 Electors of President and Vice President of the United States," they have iisuedsn address 11 To the People of Ohio," in which they profess to give " a correct recital of the alarming occurrences which here menace the dissolution of tho Le gislnlivo sovereignty " of the State. Had these men confined themselves to the utterance of that official falsehood concerning the will of the people of the State, which, being delegated to speak, they could not, perhaps, properly avoid, no remarks of ours would have been made upon their doings; but placing themselves in the attitude of amateur in deception, and making use at Ihu same time of their official position to give gi eater weight to their misrepresentations, we hold ourselves absolved from all feelings of delicacy, and called upon to prosecute them before the tribunal of that people, whose commission they have overstepped, aud whose ears they have endeavored to abuse. After some preliminary declamation, they thus commence what they term their " cokhebt hkcital." On the morning of last Monday, ihe day fixed by your Constitution for the annual assemblage of your Legislature, the Representatives elect assembled in the Hull of the House, and about the hour of 'J o'clock A. M., in strict conformity witli the accustomed law of the body, were culled to order hy Mr. Leiler of Stark coumy, one of their members, as preliminary Chairman," Now we give to these self constituted organs of Lo-cofocoism our thanks that on the very face snd forefront of their correct recital iu-y have placed a flagrant and notorious untruth. The falsehood is so bare that it needs no refutation. Its contrary has been dcclarrd in every Luc o loco paper that has fallen under our observation. It has been the boast of the Statesman itself, whose bad jokes upon Ihe "lazy Whigs" have been repeated daily ever since the event took place. They themselves have circulated it, and the people of the Stale of Ohio, by this tiiuo sre, by their own snowing, tuny aware ana convinced ol me fraud and violence which was perpetrated here on the first Mon day of December. Il is as notorious aa any state of facts can be, that have been lully proven upon one side, and never attempted to be contradicted upon the other, that the doors of the Stale House were broken and entered sometime during the night of Sunday last that a clandestine entrance into ll.e House, brfore the hour of eight in the morning, was cfiVcled by Ihe Lucufoco me in be rs elect to the House, their friends and supporters that a surreptitious organization by one parly atone, without notice to and in fraud of the other, was hastily made, in which all the usul farms hitherto attendant upon legislative organization were entirely dispensed with, and that all this was done in pursuance of a regularly concerted plan for that purpose. We do not deem it necessary further to fallow up Ihe in is re presents lions of this official address, as lliey all hang ft r their existence and plausibility upon the leading falsehood. Having represented themscves to lie in the right, it follows, as a matter of course, that they must declare the other party lu be wrong. Having depicted their friends as orderly and peacefully pursuing the law, they must necessarily charge their enemies with seeking by riot and turbulence to pro mote a breach of Ihe law. They do this with the wholesale directness of men who, having committed the master wickedness, think it in bad taste after wards to shrink from any of its subsidiary circuinstsn- ces. It is easy enough to understand why partisans aa keen and politicians as unscrupulous as l Grand Uy-ington, Samuel Starkweather, and their asociatca, should commence where they did, in their attempts to indoctrinate the people of the State with false impressions in regard to this phase of their revolution. They know what their slow-witted organ here failed to see, that their only hope, in the trial of the issue which they have made before the people of the Slate, de pends upon their being able to do away with all evi dencewith every feature with every shade of suspicion of fraud on their part, in regard to their organization and the place they occupy. They know that before this question every other becomes insignificant. Even the connecting claims of the Hamilton members are of no consequence In comparison with il. Upon llteir heads lies the damning charge of preconcerted fraud. It hangs over every move which they make. Il vitiates all that they do. It gives character to everything they undertake. It taints etery aot and tinctures with ilsowncriininalityeverj measure, however otherwise just and commendable. Uul these men, able and unscrupulous as they are, have undertaken a task to which they are unequal. The people of the Slate were prepared before hand for lid n n such as is now ringing in their eara. They knew that either by force or by fraud, the Looofucos were long ao determined to gain possession of the Legislature this year. They had seen a Revolutionary Convention of reckless partisans called to meet at the eat of Government on the very day appointed by the t'unslitulien for the organization of the Legislature They hid heard of the eels of fraud that had been perpetrated by election boards and canvassing nflicers, hy which men not elected were given claims to seats that they might sid in a L'icofocn organization. They were advised that either by means of ihe legislature or the revolutionary body, the Locufitco lea tiers were now determined to grasp the power of Ihe State, and to arrange it for their control in perpetuity. And prepared for tales of fraud or for sets of force, fir stealth ot murder, they are not to be surprised at the strange histories thai have reached them, and will be slow of belief that all has been ss fair, as open and as honorable aa these plausible officials would lain have them believe. As to the authors of the address itself, we have nothing to say. We leave them to a eonsciouanesa of what they have done, and the worst thing we can in conscience wisii them is, thai their address be read by every citixen of the Stale of Ohio. A short visit to the Hall of Legislation. ! We chanced to drop into the Hall of the House of Representatives, at a very early hour on Thursday morning. A chill of dampness struck us is we entered the door, and the smell that greeted our nostrils was that of humanity too long kept in a confined atmosphere. The demand fur chloride of lime was most apparent. The candles guttered down, and their un- no. (Fed wicks rose high and portentous. The rats performed sntto minuets on the floor. Tho honorable gentleman from Stark nodded with dignity and grace in the Speaker's chair, and at intervals sent forth a full, clear, and well connected snore, the evidence, aa we fake it, of a clear conscience and a sound constitution. A few members stretched here and there upon the desks, responded in every variety of tone, to the nasal trumpelings of his honor, the chairmnn. No soul was awake, but a subordinate, who as we made our appearance, walked to Ihe speaker's chair and awoke its occupant by a few pats on the back and shoulders. The snort with which ho sprung into consciousness was highly musical and emphatic. We were looking for an express with the President's Menage, and look our stand for a few moments in the outer door of the House, where wisdom is wont to congregate. Now and then a rat ran past and entered the building. 11 Walk up gentlemen," said we, " present your credentials and be sworn in." A dog growled ot his fellow across the street. " Order, gentlemen," rose to our lips in spite of every attempt to suppress the exclamation. We were laboriously endeavoring to recall and give with all proper vehemence of tone and ferocity ot gesture one of Mr. Pugh's harangues in the House ; and were feeling fldliered at having achieved a reasonable portion of success in the imitation, when Hark I a wild rry c nines over the hills in the direction cf Franklin ton ; He e e e-hip e-e-e-hip.e-hip-e hip. Sure tiiet's a message. It's Jack Polkstnlk's prnnunciatnento to his friends in tho House, Give way for the member from Ass land ! GuEflSRD ItioiiT. A correspondent, who writes us ! from Piqua, under dale of Dec. 4lh, says : " While I write, I suspect that the d 1 is to pay in your city, in attempting to organize the lower branch of Ihe Le. gialalure. I hope the Whigs are prepared for the worst. Let the right be maintained, whatever it may cost. I hope to hear a good account from our friends. Let them ask fir nothing but what is right, and sub. mil to nothing wrong." We publish the abovo for the purpose of showing the suspicion tint was universal throughout Ohio before the day of organization, that s'oiie trick would be played oil' by the Lncofoco leaders of the Stale, or some act of violence committed hy which they would either secure a numerical supremacy in the I louse, or prevent a seHsion. We have another object in giving it publication. We believe that it apeiiks Ihe senti incuts of the orderly and peaceful of all parties, in regard to the duties of those memlers,in fraud of whom this breach of our constitutional peace has been com milted. In this case, to submit to snd sulfer, is to do a wrong. There is no midilte around. Let the Whigs Ktmid Firm I There is no earthly doubt but the great Whig par ly will, to a man, auilniu thtir Representatives in the position they have taken. Indeed, every day brings to Columbus, from all parts of the Stale, the exclamation, " Let tub Whios stand ritt ! " The following is an extract of a letter from an in telligent Whig of Licking county (o a citizen of this city : As thinvs now present themselves to my mind. I hope tlui Wings will stand firm as ihe everltaling hills in the position they have assumed, because I think they are in the right. I will cheerfully pay my proportion to keep the Whig members at Columbus until the first Mondny in December nxt, rather than have the tit yield one inch of the ground they have taken. ue it mgs ui LiicKing coumy siana reauy w ao tue Compiomisea The Whigs of the House of Representatives have abundantly manifested their disposition to rrTcl an organisation, by proposing terms of mutual concession, and by a ready assent to such terms proposed by others not connected with either of the two great parties into which that body is divided. They have done all that they oould with propriety do perhaps more than they were strictly justitiable in doing, to bring about this object. Their repeated efforts have been met only by a supercilious demand of what they can never concede. Ms koftetktri may It no mart offer $ of fmpromif prottdtng from the it'higtof the House, Their po sition ii onk nr RIGHT. Let the in plant them selves upon it, and there aside. The people of the first district of Hamilton county have clearly as good a right to be represented in tho Legislature as sny other district in the State, Why should they be asked to surrender or M compromise" that right f Have their chosen representatives here any authority, from any source, to barter or in any manner enmpromit the rights ot their constituents f Clearly not. Then why should they be asked or ex pected to do lot Let it then be henceforth regarded aa a ft it en har. In all propositions for orsaniiinir tho House, that the rights of the people of thst district un der the law, are to be fully rteognised and maintain- . The st are our sentiments. IT Mr. John G. H bin, of Westford, Ohio, who writes a long letter upon his discontinuance of our paper, mitlakps his position In regard to us. He was not our " patron," but our turtomtr. He bought Ihe Journal because he wanted it, not because he wished to benefit its publishers. If he does not want It now, we have no claims upon him Ia purchase it. If he will carefully examine Ihe whole matter, however, he will find that il is himself (hat has changed, and not us. His censure of us for Ins own political vagaries st both unjust and ungenerous. Tricks ! Tricks ! Among ihe infinite variety of trickery which is played ofT by the Locnfuco Rump in the State House, there is one game which deserves notice for the boldness Willi which it is constantly played. The business of the body consists in contin ual "calls of the House, as they are termed, which consists in the reading of a roll of the names of persons who are supposed to be members, who are requested to answer as their names are called by the clerk, who, at the close of the call, reports to the chair, and the chair to the assembly, the number present and answering Within our own observation, in two several cases, the thing waa as follows: At one call IVi persons answered the announcement waa 3ti; in another, 34 answered, and 37 was the number an nounced. " It hat do yoa mean by thit inftrnal noise f G-d n you! He'll tkroie you out of the tcindow." These, as taken down by a reporter on the sput, were the words addressed by Col. George W. Morgan, one of the pack of Locoioco bullies who now make their den in the House of Representatives, to Mr. Ilulcnmb, chairman of the preliminary organization of the House, on Tuesday last, at a time when Benjamin F. Letter addressed one of his creatures, whom he called Bear geanl-al Arms, with orders to call assistance and clear the House. Now we make no comment on the enormity of such transactions, for the people uf Ohio will comprrhend t fully without explanation. All we have lo say is, that Col. Morgan's words sound heavy and terrible. but it is the loud repoit of a gun without shut. He will be as little likely to hurt people, as any man in the State, for the very simple reason thai tie haa no great appetite lor getting hurt himself. Look Cult Il will be seen by reference tn the proceedings in the Senate this morning, that Mr. Ewino, a Senator from Hamilton county, proposes to introduce a bill "to remodel the State government." Shades of It'ur- thington, and Ktrktr, and vnrpy, and Raldteiut and 1 1 mil Hf! ton, una lleils, and their compeers, defend us! They supposed they had framed a Constitution, and had provided in that instrument the minner in ahich it should be modified or changed. Good, easy souls, they were behind the age" nr rather, they lived loo soon lor the improvements of the present age. But here comes Senator Ewinq from Cincinnati, with notice of his intention, by the aid ot a 8enate not yet organized, "fo remodd the State government." Is (Air thenWs of the grand Donkey Convention which stt here on the lOtli of May Snd set agtin by adjournment (for incubation) on the first Monday of December f " Was uot that a magnificent Jtulet Duties or Elxctohi. On Wednesday last the Presidential Electors of the State of Ohio met at the Statesman office, and caat their vote forCaasand duller. They then proceed to draw up an address to the people of Ohio, "in relation lo the late riotous course of the Federsl inemberi of the Ohio Legislature, and those who back them, in their attempt to overthrow the law making power of the government and to bring il into contempt." The above words of description are from the Federal Statesman, aud we have only to add our hope, that the Federal Eleclora in their tddresa will give the Federal me miters just what they deserve. For lha Ohio Mat Journal. Whig Vindk'Mion. Messrs. Editors .From the following extracts of a letter received from a good arid true V dig of pattern Ohio, your readers may see that tho right spirit is among the people: "TvM the Whios to itaxi i;p roa the RifiiiT, anii adopt ()i,n ACK i'irn. meiit- NEVER SURRENDER.' .Uk othig that is mmf, and submit to mo wrong ! Ms can do without a Legislature tor one year.' Re assured the universal sentiment here and elsewhere, among the Wlns;s is, to never submit to the Lopofoeo sham organization. The Whigs here will stand up to their friends in the hour of trial. Then in baste, 1 have only to add .Verp Surrender,' " Certainly, Messrs. Editors, no Whig desires more than bis plain right. Certainly no one oould Piped less. Everyman of rationality must regard Ihe Loco, foco club as a poorly organised nmb. Those men have not taken possession of the State House lor sny purpose other than to place in the Halls of legislation tire men who knee not been ttetted sysay Inutof Ohio. Their pur pts is treasonable their every act ia one of usurpation ; and that they are not ejected from the Hall of the H"Ue is an unheard of set nf moderation and forbearance on the part of Ihe Stale Govern ment, I he people riemand energelie action, and let ihe Whig members beware, lest their moderation be-eonies so great aa to lae them Ihe confidence of the unflinching Whigs of Ohio. They may err in lenity they nerer run in mergy. God ssve the Reoubhe I O.NLOF THE VOTEHS. Voice ot the Press. We are beginning to receive from the press of the State the opinions of the people upon the subject ot the extraordinary scenes which have transpired in the House of Representatives of Ohio, during the present week. Wo are happy to say, that as far as received, they one and all speak in terms uf approval of the course of the Whig and Free Soil members, and that without exception they demand of them to be firm in support of the right to do every thing for conciliation, but to yield no principle and submit to no unjust dictation. We give a few extracts From the Lancaster Gazette. Although the Locofocos, first by a trick, and then by force, have attempted to take ponnexsion of the Chamber of the House of Representatives, tho Whign have met snd done what they could to organize, pence-ably snd properly, but with k determined spirit. The House now stands adjourned until to-morrow morning. The Locofocos, we suppose, will remain in the State House during tlie night snd engage in the same bticchsnalial revels of Inst night, in which a notorious Supreme Judgo was a chief actor. From the Cleveland True Democrat. Columbus Thk Lfoislatukc We hear nothing definite from Columbus. We hope that ere this the Legislature is regularly organized. The only difficulty we see in a quiet organization of the House, is the admission of the two Cass men from Cincinnati. They are not entitled to seats. The Clerk violated the law when he gave th a certificate, and (hey have no moro right I he re than Mr. Ren. Northrup, the Cass candidate in this county. It is a wrong and a fraud for those men to claim the seats. They never should have (hem with our consent, if ws had a vote there. We believe in legal, honorable, manly, independent action in organizing the LeiruUiu.e In tins course nothing can be lost every tiling can be gained. From the Springfield Republic. No revolution no disorganization no anarchy, Is the motto of the Whigs. Let Ihe representatives of the people stand firm the people will sustain the in. Let there he a spirit of compromise but no compromise uf principle, no qiiiiKing or quailing. You are right, gentlemen; stamp past ! From the Scioto Gazette. Hence the organization by the Whigs becomes a matter of necessity, in order that all the Districts might he called. The Whigs have organized according to usage they have called repeatedly on the Lo. cos to come in under the proper organization but the said Locos have hitherto refused, and do still refuue, to ihu damage of the State, her goud lame and fair reputation. From the Cincinnati Gazette. So far as we csn learn what has taken plice at Columbus, the violence and wrong are with the Locofocos. The Whigs Afire been quiet, orderly, litm uheyiug, right. Let tin m continue Jirm, demanding what ts right and mru, and in the usual course uf things, and they will meet the approbation of all well dijm. sed people, without distinction of party. We hear but one opinion among tho citizens. It is let the Whigs maintain their position, and the people trill sus tain thrm. The cons queiices of a failure lo u'uamze the General Assembly, will be far leis injurious lo (he best interests of the people of the Slate, and lo the Stale credit, than submission to tcrtwg- to the violent and revolutionary spirit, winch is puiliing iielf forward to rule or ruin us. Stand firm. The levy of taxes lo meet the obligations of the Slate can be made if there be no Legislature. As to the Supreme Court, it is belter to miss a term of that Court, than revolutionize the government. As to the Govt rnor, th incumbent holds on until his successor is elected and qualified. The vacancies on the bench and in other offices can be tilled hy the Governor. Noml which can follow a failure to organize the General Assembly, can equal that which mut inevitably follow an act yielding tho power of the State to Ihe lawless violence of those who arc striving, unlawfully and violently, to clutch il ! We are for a lawful organization an organization in a peaceful manner, and in the usual way. Wo would insist, to the last, for what is right, sod yield lo nothing wrong. We say then, tn our friends, and in so saying think we utier the sentiments of s large majority of the people nr. a n a no ikbmtupo thf RlftllT, AND TIEI.D TO NOTHINO WHONO. STANII FIRM ON THE CoffSTITl'TION AMP TIIK LAWS, End leave re. suits to the sober judgment of the people. They will sustain you in such a course. From the Cincinnati Alia. For three days Mr. Leiier's sijuid havrrrnnWin the State House, as Ihe Turks did in Europe They are aptly called the Prarisianal Government; for they carried their provisions with them. The provisons nave neen sciecieu according lo the Sawyer fashion ; consisting of sausages, hard biscuit and runty cheesi-! In the matter of this encampment, it is plain the Provisional Government have put lhemelves lo unnecessary discomfiture, for their opponents could do nothing without them, and therefore Ihey might just as well have enjoyed their dinners and their beds at the hotels. In Ibis respect, the other parly have had much the most practical view of tho matter. Perhaps, however, there is siiother reason why Mr. Lei-ter's squad prefer encamping in th Stale House. If thitfp is no organization there will be no pay, and Mr. Leiler and his men think il will met far less to live in the Stale House, on bread and cheese, than it will to hoard at the Hotel ! The point of the whole business is this : There are seventy members, out of the seventy-two, who have primn facie legal certificates, and an apparent right to their seats. There is no reason in Ihe world why these seventy should not orgnmz, ss the Senate did, and then decide the disputed case. Why not? because Mr. Inciter's squad will not agree to a prnpo-sition so palpably just. They insist that two men from this county shall take their seals (making a majority) who claim those seals in open djunfe af the rery law by which the election was governed! .Ve suck thing shouid Ac submitted to on ony terms. From Ihe Circlcville Herald. Uul how whs it with the " Democrals" f They resolve to be first to possess themselves of the Hall; every thing is arrsnged to secure this object; liny have men silling up all night watching, and tiro hours liefore the usual time of meeting they rush into the Hall, and at once proceed to call Hamilton county, that Ihey may steal in the men not entitled In st ats, before the Whig members could possibly lie there to object? A rabid purlixan Judge is on hand, who in hot haste administers ihe oath. They swear in all their members in this way lone before Ihe other mem bers are there, and before the meeting of the other House ot tlie General Assembly. At the usual time aud the same hour the Senate meets, Ihe Whigsenter the Hail, ami in the usual manner proceed lo swear in their members. And in this position the House remains unorganized. A mere statement of the farts, shows how honorable and (sir waa the conduct uf the Whigs, and how mean, dishonest and ridimious have been the tricks attempted by ihe Locofocos. Their conduct is so boyish ai.d aillv, that it is impossible In iielieve mat tlie actors should pretend In I Mm. All good Democrals are compelled, hy this eihmitinn, to blush for the reputation uf their party. They bang their heads in shame t From Ihe li)ton Journal. The Riot at Columri's. We have eiven a full detail of the disgraceful scenes which, under Lncofoco auspices, have been recently rnseted at Columbus. Tune does not permit comment We have only to say that the Whigs have taken a firm and manly stand, from which there will bo no retreat. From the Hamilton Intelligencer. It lurnsout to be a false report about the Whigs re ceding from Ihe House, They did not leave until a motion for admurnment had earned. 1 he scenes in Ihe House were not unlike our ides of the contusion of tongues st (label. The contemptible trick by winch the Locos sought to secure the control of the House has no paralh-lin the annnla of legislation, Our notnm ts that the Whigs have a maiontv least. ly elected, and any infamous proceeding by which Lo cos seek to trample upon right aud justice, and secure party dominaticy, should ue met with firm and determinate opposition. The Whigs have no nehtto surren der. They would be craven it they did. From the Lebanon Stir. To the Whigs, we sav, YOU ARK RIGHT! Hold on snd never let go ! If the House is not organized unui aoomsnay, never consent to an organization winch will admit Ihe usurping Locoioco members of Hsmilinn county to seats, and exclude the leeallv elected Whig members from the Cincinnati District. lo John A. lodds,nur Representative, we sav vuur constituents approve your course he firm and unflinching never strike your Hag to a mob stay at Columbus, if necessary, to ihe second Tuesday of October next, and if the State Treasurer won't pay you lor for your services, the Whijs uf Warren will ! The supremacy of the laws must be preserved at all hazards. From the Wootter Democrat. The Lnrofocns appear determined lo nersiit in their unhallowed scheme of usurping the control of the law making power, Hy Irsudoi the mo,t hold and rerale.. character, and in despite of the decision of the people. as manifested at the ballot boxes. The Whig mem. bers, it would appear, have taken their stand agalnal the contemplated outrage, and, we trust having nghl and justice on their side will adhere to thai position to the end In so doing, they will meet the a p. probation nf their constituents, and he fnllv snd Iri. umphanlly sustained by every right thinking cititen of VUIW. From the Lrbaua Citizen. The Whigs have uluuted themselves on the side of right snd justice, and havu made many propositions fur the adjustment of all the difficulties, which could not full to be acceded lo by reasonnble men; but the Loco mob sre determined to have things iu their own way, or not at all. Hide or rum is their motto. We are glad to learn, as wo do from the Journal, that all tho W hig members are firm and united, and that they will ask for nothing but what is right and submit lo nothing that is wrong. 1 tie proceeuiuirs of the Lncufoco mob. as reoorled in the Journal from day to day, sre disgraceful in the extreme ; and will go far to exhibit lo the honest portion of our people, the desperate character of the Loco-foe o party leaders. We regret that we have uot room for these proceedings to day. From the Dayton Transcript. This ia a plain and common sense question and it addresses itself to the sound good sense of every reflecting man It is too plain to need comment too self-evident, as to its merits, to need argument to dem on st rate it. We leave it with our readers simply remarking, that now may be seen, as a noonday sun, how flinwey and ridiculous were the pretences of the self-styled Democracy in claiming a majority in Ihe Legislature, and how dishonest and nefarious the means resorted to to cover up their fraudulent and wicked designs. Let every citizen look at this matin the light of truth and justice, aud decide accordingly. That decision wo du nut fear, but we are quite certain there are lhot0 who not only fear it, but in due time, wilt bo made to fuel it in the overwhelming indignatiou uf an outraged and defrauded constituency. From the Piqua Register. The Lncofoco members of the llouae have ihus far in the attempt toorganize, manilested more of the mob npirit than any other. They show themselves determined not to do right. To us it appears impossible thai an organization can be effected. The Licos claim what we hope the Whigs will never allow them llmt is the right to control the body by thrusting into il, ns members, men whom the peopla refused to elect fur that purpose in other words, men who were defeated at the polls are to be forced upon the people as their Representatives, and those who were chosen denied the privilege of seals in the House. We hope the Whigs will never submit to tin, be the consequences what they may. Thus fur they (Ihe Whigs) have ask ed for nothing but what is rig'it; we hope they will under no circumstances submit to any flung wrong Their rights arc clear, they know them let them ad here to them and defend thorn to the last. From the Portsmouth Tnbuno. How at Columbus Since Monday last, ihe Stale House, at Columbus. has been the scene of the most disgraceful drama yet etiacieu m ine annals ot Uhio. On that (Jay the Le ginlitiire of the State should have organized and proceeded to business ; hut the spirit ol anarchy, generated and fostered by Locofocoiim, prevented The leaders of the Locdoco party have set themselves up to resist Ihe laws of the Slate, to either control or dis perse tli' Legislature, and to overthrow the cnsinu lion and Stale goveniiiiel.t. Very sensitive ihey feign to be lesl the Constitution be violated ; yet they scruple not, either as citixensor sworn officers, to couiiteniinee the violation if it accrue lo the advantage of their party, and not only so, hut numbers nf them are now clandestinely assembled at Columbus, for the avowtd purpose of overthrowing the commotion itself, if it stand in the way of their ambitious designs. Theso are the precious scamps who sre . laying their villainous pranks at tlm capital of your Stale. From the Cincinnati Chronicle. Lot the Wings continue to adhere to their requisi-li"ii that the law for the apportionment snd election of the members of the Legislature shall be serupulous ly obrierved throughout; and on the heads of those who in disregard of that law, biijjte the organization K AI L the co-Mi.iiKnin. The people will hold them to fearful account and applaud those who in all emergen eies and at all hazird, venerate and obey the law. According lu (he true theory of this government, the recorded statute is the only authoritative expression of the voice and will of the people. Wo to those who despite their recorded will! Let the Whigs be firm and prove themselves worthy of public confidence. The people will sustain (hem. Speech or Mu. Oim Our columns to-day con tain the speech of Chauncey N. Olds, sq., elect to the House of Representatives, from the district com posed of the counties of Ross and Pickaway, delivcrd in the Douse, on Saturday. Although a new mem ber, and comparatively a young man, Mr. Olds is rap dly gaming the confidence of the Whigs of the House and of the State. He baa shown himself to be a man for the times equal lo ita emergencies and fitted to bears leading part in its events. The speech will well repay an attentive perusal, as its facts can be relied upon, and its arguments are unanswerable. Clerk of the Lnat Henntc. We have failed to speak of the deserved compliment paid to Ai.BtnT Gallowat, Esq , the Whig candi date for Clerk of the Senate, by the Wing members of that body. Throughout a balloting never equalled in a legislative body in number, they stood by lum proclaiming, ly this means, much more forcibly than they could have done by words, the high estimation in which ihey held him, both as a Clerk and as agon. lleman. 1 here cannot be found in the State a belter Whig than Mr. Gslloway, nor one more admirably qutiiiieu iur i.io posi 10 which ne was nominated. In the House. At 10 o'clock this morning Ihe Whip members of (lie House met in the 11-11 weiitlhrough wuhacall of the unrepresented districts, without, however, eli citing any response. After Ihe lapse of time sufficient to give Ihe refractory members opportunity to present their certificates, or to make some movement towards the acceptance nf Ihe compromise offered by the wings, it they felt inclined to free themselves from a positiun which is every day becoming more ridiculous in their own eyes as irell aa in Ihe eyes of ihe public, ll.e Wings, no such movement showiim itself, adiuurn. ed the House until Un o'clock lo mouow. BJ" Mr. Whitman, the member with the ringlets, from Fairfield county, seems to have taken upon him self tu do the duty of fogleman of his pvly in the Senate. Ihe pretentious air with which he calls for the ayes and noes Umn a motion to sdjournf and distributes ballots on a vote for a petty officer, will no foil til, ere long, be taken as an evidence of positive merit by his party, and he will be installed accordingly. ne seems endowed uy indulgent nature with those shining qualities which, if properly cultivated and matured, would doubtless render him eminent as an active member of a small tea party. May his shadow never be a hair shorter. Goon, whether tri k or not. There is a report in circulation, that a Committee of the Locofocos now encamped in the State House, wailed upon the Rev- rend llupisin of the Penitentiary on Saturday last and requested Into lo hold divine services in the Hall of the House, on tho afternoon of the next day. The story is, that the venerable minister white returning a very polite re hi -a I to th.ir request, added, that he was constrained to do so from Ihe fact, that although he had had some experience in preaching lo convids, he had never attempted preaching to lunatics, and did not know how. Takino tub Cur. The Statesman, who all along has been boasting of the parly rising of Ihe Locofoco members on Monday last, and sneering al the " lazy Whigs, who allowed themselves to be be s ten by those who got up earlier than themselves, has now la- ken Ihe cue, and aa we expected has turned its tone, i Now it declares that there was no haste in the mailer. All was done deliberately and fairly. The charge of early rising is all a Whig lie, Ac , Ac. All tins must go for what it ia worth; and as the Statesman's fibs can be proved from ita own columns, we put it al issue with itself, atsuring the people of the State of Ohio that the parlies to the controversy on both sides are so mean thai we do not care to interfere. ID In announcing the comrml'es appointed by the Chairman nf the House to report upon the circum stances which have prevented a final organization, ....I. ......... TL.l i. .n.u..J Af il). following gentlemen : Messrs. Olds, Pennington, Marsh, Reberand Uundy. Amrnhs. The Statesman raises s tremendous cry because we thought the whole Parliament of Praise. Got) Hare-Hones might have been thrown out of ihe window, the oilier night when they were asleep. Well, we sre sorry, and now, to make all the amends in our power, we will admit that wo believe that they might also have been thrown hark again, without the least injury to their brains or damage to their intellects. Revolutionary Declamation. We wish tn call the parlicutar attention of our readers to the harangue of Senator Qi'atilesi'M, of Far field, in our 8ente reports of to day. It is rieh. Tlie Senator seems to have the revolutionary cholera strong upon linn. Remark of Mr. OLDS, of Pickaway. In the House, on Saturday, December fcUh, Mr. Olds of Pickaway, on the Whig side of tho House, moved the adoption of the following resolution: iHrsolredt That a committee of five be appointed by tins House to inquire into and report upon the causes which havo thus far prevented a more perfect organization of this House." The motion having been stated hy the chairman, (Mr. Holcniub,) Mr. OldB proceeded to address the House, as follows : Mr. Chairman : 1 present tins resolution and urge its adoption for reasons that must be apparent to every member in this House. We have just listened, with patient and respectful attention, to the leading of a report by the gentleman who officiates as cterk of the partially organized body on the other side of this hall, which purports to set forth, in true colors, the causes that hove hitherto prevented their full organization. We are here, sir, and have been here for days, with a partial organization on our side of the House, and any one who will permit his memory to call up the exci ting and tumoltuour scenes of Monday and luesday last, will perceive reasons enough for a conflict of opinion and a conflict of narrative in recurring to events which then transpired, without being left to suppose that there has been a wilful perversion of the truth. I am not hero to charge gentlemen un the oilier side of the House with un intentional mm representation, in their report, just read iu our hearing, of any of the occurences of the last fewdays, winch are now becoming history ; bull feel it tnbe my duly, and I claim to be my right to say, in Ihu hearing of every man claiming a scat in this hall, that the narra tive contained in that report is widely different from my recollection of the facts. Such statements, mrnle here or elsewhere, with whit motives 1 do not pretend to judge, shall not he permitted to go forth to the world with my silent acquiescence. In justice to myself and to my W liig brethren around me in these seats, I claim the right, na n sworn member ol' tins House, to narrate these facts as they occurred under my own nbnc rvation, and 1 do it now, in the presence ol all who have been actors in these scenes, that I may at once be set right if my narration is not a truthful one Allow me, however, first to say, Mr. Chairman, that I have presented this resolution, and now otl'er lliesa remarks entirely upon my own responsibility, without any time for reflection or previous arrangement, without any consultation wiifi my friends around me, and indeed in apparent conflict with their wishes as expressed this morning before we enlered this hall. For, sir, when they instructed me to present the pre-nmble and resolutions which have just been adopted, declaring our acceptance of the plan for an organizx. lion of this House proposed in our hearing on yesterday hy the gentleman from Genuirii, (Mr. Riddle,) for himself and his associates nlioie names are sp. landed thereto, they expressed the wish that il should tie done without remarks, for fear that ihe excitement of argument and the collision of debate might repel rather lliuii conciliate tltomt whom we seek to unite in harmonious action for the further organization of tins body. I seceded to thai r 'finest. Uot now, sir. with this report of these gentlemen unon the other side of the hall, starring us in the face and touching upon your conduct and mine as humble actors in "hese scenes, I feel th.it I have a higiier responsibility tlian tli a l winch connects me with these worthy asso- lates around me. I am tn speak tor myself, as a man, and for that honest constituency whoso rights I am sent here to protect. Tlie present week which is now cloaing, has been to me the moat pmitul week ol y existence. I came into this ball on Monday mor ning, a young and inexperienced Representative, anxious to discharge my duty faithfully, aud with timid distrust of my own ability ; si d I am no about to leave it on the last day m the week, without having seen even an organization of this House perfected. I linu a pirti.il organization upon the one aide, and a partial organization on the other side, each silting without a quorum to do business, and neither one recognizing tlie validity or legality of the oilier. What has produced this state ol things? Let the facts as ihey have transpired speak for themselves. un Ajrtnnay morning, having breakfasted in a private family at an early hour, I went to my room at the Capitol House and called upin one of my aso. ciatea, a member elect nf this House 1 learned from linu that his breakfast hour had not yet arrived 1 left him and walked in the direction of the State House. Seeing Ihe doors open, I entered for the purpose of ascertaining what seat had been assigned me by the officer who had charge of the Hall, and to make the acquaintance of any of the members who might hap pen io ue present. II was then near o o clock in ihe morning, and I had understood that ihe usual hour for the meeting and organization of the House was at 10 o'clock. 1 had been in the Hull about ten minutes, when hearing a rap at the Clerk's desk, and turning in that direction, I saw some onu cillmg the Hoiue io order, and heard hnn calling the members from Hamilton county. Thereupon five gentlemen presented themselves and handed to the one who had assumed to act as chairman, papers which I supposed were certificates of election At tins moment Mr. Holcomb, member elect from Gillia county, rose and addressed the chairman, who politely turned towards him, and seemed to be attentive to what he was say-ing. Rut in Ihe mean time, and at Ihe very moment while Mr. Holcomb was objecting, Judge Read, of the Supreme Court was quietly sdoiimstering the oath of office lo the five gentleman from Hamilton county, and within one rnnnile from the time Ihe first call was made, they were all sworn in, and taking their seals as members. Mr Holcomb, see in 7 this, refrained from speaking, and took Ins seat. The call was con. linued hy the gentleman acting ss chairman, and when concluded, some thirty, or perhaps thirty-one or two members had reneived the oalh of office, and taken their sests all of these were Democrats. As near as I can ascertain, there were at that time only eight Whig members in the House, and they, disgusted al the indecent haste, and regarding this attempt at an orgamzilion as illegal, inasmuch as the apportionment law of the State was wholly disregarded in the very nrsi siep, ana as no quorum was present, declined participating in it, and remained silent in their seats. De-fore HI o clock the call had been once or twice repealed, and some two or three more Democratic members had been sworn snd had taken their seats. At 1(1 o'clock, Ihe Slate House bell having been rung as usual, and the memtiers generally appearing to be in the House, a call for credentials was again mads by the assumed chairman, he neglecting how ever to call Hamilton county. Mr. Spencer, member elect from the first district of Hamilton, county, rose aim enquire a riainnioo coumy wouia not Oe united. The gentleman in the Chair re pled, " Hamilton county is already full." Mr Spencer remarked, I am here, sir, with credentials showing that I am elected to represent the first dinlnct of that county, and I with lo present them that they may be examined.'' The getiilemau in the chair declined to receive them, aud Mr. Spencer sal down. Having thus learned thai a legl organisation was resisted by those who had usurped Ihe places ot power in Ihe House, it was moved and carried un the Wing side, that Mr. Holcomb art ss Chsirman, and Mr. Swill, the Clerk of the last Mouse, as Clerk, for the purpose of legally organizing the House. Mr. Holcomb, ss Chairman. Ihen called the counties and districts in alphabetical order accord ing to long eatamuhed usage, and all Ihe Whig members present, (race pimg ouu who had previously han. ded til Ins certificate lo ihe other chair man,) presented their credentials and received the oalh of ofiire ad ministered by Kq Martin, a magistrste of Columbus. There wn. llii'tt . 04II of the IIoum. nnlt.rfil. .ti .1 nt quorum ipt'rmir, mi umlmn, Ihe Wing fide ol' llie llouw .(Ijotirnril until Iwo o nlork in Itn .ItoriKvitl. Tliese , Mr. Clmirman. .rr .iili.l.nli.llv ll I'.rL ill lhy nccu'red under my own oli.vrv.lin. Oilu'r in cnlrtit. ni.y li.v trnii.ir-d Hut -c.i.ri my .urn-lion, bin nmit, I brlirvr, lli.l would conflict Willi llm furrgoilig .Ulrim-nti. 1 know, ir, tli.l it lin. bitn eh. reed in thia Hon.. and out nl it, and a pnrlitnn prra. haa arnl atirotd thn a.arrlinn, thai thia partial orifaniiatinn on our aid ol the Hall, waa rilVctrd in a mot riolotia and diauidi-r ly manner, and llinl we are hrre in our pnailiun a. die. orirannera and diturbra of the pulilie prace. Jtut I appeal to every jri'iilleinan claiming a teal here, nn una am. and on that aide, and lo all candid men wlm minuted III tlie vaat aaaeiiililntre wli'cll crowded every link and corner of Una Hull, and I know lint Ihey will au.lain uie iu the aiaerlion that the excitement. coul'ii.ion and uproar pervaded alike every porlt.n ot ine naaeuiuiy, and waa lur a time beyond all control. Thai our aide, waa lima oharacteriled in any greater degree than the other, ia nilliout any foundation in fact. Indeed, air, it ia a matter nf painful notoriety, that when tho oath of ollire waa adinini.lered lomem bera on Ihia aide of the Hall, the luinult wa. indecent, ly awelled in volume upon that aide, aa if intended to Irown the voice nl the magiatrale, and dealroy the ao lemntty of hia official act. We are charged aUo with getting un, and enntinu ing uul organiaation in one comer of Itua Hill, wlul they claim to be hidier than we are, hecan.e Ihey art holding uaurped pnaaeasion of the .'all ol power. Hut I aay tu theae gentlemen, that having been duly qualified aa member, of thia body, and having etlect cd our orgnnitalion tn the aame extent that tliey have, and in a more legal manner, we Inve al leant an equal right W illi lliein to occupy any place or any part nf Una Hall. And I aay now tu llinl honorable gentle man, who with aueh dignified ciiiiiioaure, grace, that Hieaker'a chair, that hia right to hold that .eat agailial your claim, Kir, aa Chairman nf Ihia oriran'laluin, ia nn belter than a equaltere claim to our VV e.lern landa. And yet that he mny enjoy hi. elation in peace, and di.miia llie lluiiierniia body guard who have an long atiroiiiiiled him, 1 annnuncu lo II i tat on your behall, Mr. Chairman, that we do not pmimae to invade him in hia lofty retreat. We ire here a. lover, of order, and not nf disorder. We are here and we remain line, aa peaceable men, alriving in every lair and honorable, way to bring tog tber the diacordnnt eleiuentl of tin. body, md not tn drive them Bill! flirllier aatlnder. liul 1 oak tlicw gi ntlcmau over Uw way, if llicy do not evinco their own aenae of the dciubtrul character of their title and clam to lean upon Ihia Uoor. by the v.. pt-iiniui-ur "mi wincn aay aueroay.no night oiler niL'hl Ihey continue In lioldim in protracted aea-aion lo their aaaumed poiitiona. It ia, loaay the leait ol it, aa.ecica of pulincil incubation which 1 for one can never envy. We are charged further, Mr. Chairman, with re-maining here in our p.it,n, j , faclioui ,d IeM. Iu.ua apirit, for the piirpoie of nreventln. l.r-l ,. ganglion ot tin. Hoie,.nd thereby breaking up tin. branch of the buite Government. Oenllemell over l ie way in mock horror appeal to u. to coi.templalo the diana'roua conaequence. which mu.t en.ue if we persi.t in our courae, and Ihey eloquently depict the ruin of our Slate credit, the clo.i.n, r ....... ..r .,. Court, of ju.tice, and the dialianmug of our Uenevo- ir... iii.,i.uii..ii.. n ia a leariui picture. Would to Heaven, I had the power to hold it .i,..l,l i,.f, their gaze until the eye ahould all'cot llie liearl! lint wnere, air, reala Ilia reapon.ibilily of briliging upun our beloved Stale audi culauiitiea. Again, 1 Bay, let w UE ..uioiuru io a canain world. Wo have on each aide of thia hall, t partial and ' eeparate organiiation. Oura ia at leaat good ia tbe;re. In uaiiy reapecla it is heller. Oura waa be-gun It theuaual hour of tho day, a. ealnbli.hed by long custom theira al a inoal unuaual hour, and pressed on in lint hn.te, for the verv uurno.. of eir. ciimvenling some of Ihe KepresenlaliveB of the pec pie by a trick, aa lias been almost admiited in terms to day in our hearing. Our. was cnudiiclcd in for.,. sanctioned by u.age as old a. tlie Slate itself, the Clerk of the last House, as I am inlo-iued, always nrlicialing as Clerk in the nrgsniiaiion, if present, and """" couiiiiea ana Districts being always called in alphabetical order Theirs wa. conducted ill litter disregard of usiige in both of these particulars. OurB was mailt, lo coiitorm lo the apportionment law of tho Slute-lhi irs waa prosecuted in open and palpable VI-nulion of the plainest provisions of thai law! Hut, Sir, adioil for llie sake of the argument, that we are only equal to them in nur initiatory atepa to. words an orgm.zilinn. Where yet lies the responsibility ol preventing more pern el orgaiiixaliou I Neither side separably Ihb a quorum for the transaction nf business, and while each persists in Us conflicting claims, neither can hove such a quorum. Separated, we are powerless, and must ever remain ao. Which side Iiob unbent in any degree for Hie lake of on uuiun r l,et facta again apeak On Monday sfler-noon, we proposed to recognise their organization and abandon our own, if they would luko our list of sworn members as cerlilied by the unigisirale, and enter il upon their h.l nf iiiemliera. We said to them, you have examined your on certificates and judged of yuur own qiiohlicalioiis oa iiiemberB of the House; we hove examined ours and judged of our quiiliucl-lions ss iiieuibeis ; we will now receive your, on tru.l, if you will lake ours in the same spirit of generosity. To this proposilion we received Ihe polite reply, thai if ive would forward our certificates lo them, and they should be found on examination by them lo be correct, our names should bo entered on their mil. (ieueroti. reciprocity indeeil ! They would litst sit la Ihe atbi-lers of their nwll case, and then condescend lo make Ih-'iiisclvc s ihe judges of ours also ! Arntn, we ptup.ised lliat as the only serious difficulty lay between the four claiinsnl. from Cincinnati, only uvo of whom could in any event be really entitled lo seats, wo would permit our two claiiuunta lo slnnd aside with Iheir Iwo, until the Housu could be org mixed and thereby make itself lite proper conslitu-IioiiiI judge of these conflicting claims. Tbia we did, knowing loo, lint our cl int. whom we Ihua depn- Ved of the privilege of oiirlicinitimr in llie nriomu. lion of Ihe House and in Ihe election of its ollicers, had in their possession evidence ol title lo Iheir Bean, aa indisputable on a fair conical, aa our own and lint upon such oontcl, the claims of their opponent! must fall lu Ihe ground. lint even this proposition was indignantly rejected by these gentlemen on the other aide of tins H ill, some of rhom are holding on pertiliaciouily, by inghl aa well abyd.iy, in a continuous session, to Beau, iriim which un l lair contest, they kuow they must bo jeoii-u. And after ill tins. Mr. Chlirman. tin. rrenllemin from Cincinnati, (Mr. l'ugli) warns us eloquently of the calamiliea which must visit nur devoted Stale, because ice, these taction,!!, in the corner, will not or- janixe tins legislature, lie even compares us lo tho heartlcea mollier of the dead child belore King Sol omon. All, Sir, the gentleman has called to In. .id a most unfortunate illustration I Who ia the agnnixed mollier, in thia instance, unless .he be this beloved Slate, on wli.se bosom we have all been nourished? Who is the child of her love, unless il bo this Legislative body, lha oll'iprmg of her Constitution and Lows? And who is the executioner with drawn sword to divide and keep la.undcr Ibis palpitating oooyr r. no is il, D,r - Let llie genlleman answer ! Wuuld lo Uod that a S ilomoii were here, with Ins wisdom and kingly power, lu eel as judge in Una ooit-truveray.Uul, Mr. Chairman, I ask again where ahall tlie responsibility rest, if this House is not organin d. Lei the InctB once more speak. On yesterday the propositions of the gentleman from Ueanga (Mr. Riddle) on behalf of himaelf and hia Free Soil brethren, were aubmitted in our hearniff to the eenllemen over Ihe way. Those proposition, commend themselves In every candid, imp irlial mind. They seem to havo ue- i. ..ii.-ivo in spirit oi conciliation mil peace. 1 admire Ihe present position of our Free Soil brethren m nils House. I honor them for Iheir maiile loon and bearing. Dlessed are the Peoce M ikera 1 Tin Ir propositions have received Irom us careful con.idera lion, and lo day wa have accepted tliem and made Iheiu nurs. Tilirtyeight members, a maiontv ,.t tin. whole body, hive attached their ligualurcs lo these pnp unions, and pledged their honor aa men to abide by them, lor tho purpoie nl elf 'Cling an amicable and lair argtiniilioii of this House. And .hill it still lie said Ihil ie are a faclinus minirity, di.iurbera of the public peace, disorgamxers, seeking revolution, reckless of the character md honor oi tho Slate, reckless of our own honor? Mr. Chairman, I tu-n once more to these gentle men over the way, who bo mien harranguo u. upon the drradlul con, quence. that must follow if thia House falls lo pieces, and I ask Mr. on whom rests the responsibility 1 auk litem more in sorrow than Hi anger, if their memories never recur lo the 10th of May, when Iheir political friends and some of their own number met in convention and aolemnly reaolved thai (ai LtQitlnlnrt skoultl not ke orptntud. Have Iheir inrmonee ceased lo call up Hie tact lint many nf them, when nominated fur these verv -rate in wbicfi ihey now ait, accepted audi nomination with a toltmm 'rdjrs thai if elected they would not nrgauixe thia House I (ieiillemen over the way, wArrs rwtt Uit rt. tpimMtbilitti t Mr. Chairman, I hove now aaid all that I intended In aay. My position ia taken. In my judgment we have gone aa far aa honorable men eau go In effect lair and legal organnali.in of thia body. Here I re. msin. l).y aficr day, week after week, and ih after month if need be, until mv coiiatiluli.mal lernl of office as a Ilcpreaentalive shall expire, Aire skull I lnni, ready lo aid in the organiiation and bu.ineas nf the House, llul 1 will not sacrifice principle. I will uol countenance any attempt io organise the law making piwer in open and boastful violation of the law. Il waa my good fortune, on the first day of the eei-ion. In have around me a large body of my cun.titu. ' intelligent, prudent, law abiding men. Tiny approved mv efforla nn that occasion In guard Iheir tightl and sustain the laws of the Slab-. I he first letponse lias also reached me from those wh.rir pursuing their quiet avocaiinna al h e. They aay I have done right. My own judgment, alter careful de. liberation, approves their decision and if llie law unking power nf tin. great Stale ahall be diuolved, lei the dire re.pnnaibilily of thai act real on the In a, la nf those men who sit iu yonder tests rejecting Willi terms of insult every overture of peace. !, an imparliol and injured peupla will make It leal, lu their hands I leave it. ZT Unlike the man who aaw the oalf'l tail sticking nut of i hole, and wondered how the ealfgol in there, the philosopher who lakes view of the Beat of the Honorable Senator from Fairfield ean.al iglanee.tee calf, tail and all. We underaland thai Hut l.air brained anarchist list been inax'.ng especially free with the ' Slate Journal, in hit place in the Senate this morning sllouling and bawling, at the same tinw .11 ..i. revolutionary balderdaali. He is welcome I Lei linn ueci.no .i us uniii nis enure lul).Lnr is elongated into one inl.na. sn.l Ip.r... I i ,. . . j - ' ....-....o. m.ji e win lei bun inflate and bray himself out again for ninrpcnce. TWo ire deaired bv a .uli.unn.l II, m.. citiien of Columbus lo inquire of Ihe Ohio Stales. man What prnperty il la, in lha Slale llouae, which Hie Federal memltcrs are an anxioua tn lu. k.ni lhat Ihey cannot be induced lo leave il nlghl nor dsv! IV. II .l. u... . . . 1 .. in uie rjiaiesiuan give u. an inventory or the irti. clea? Ilmnr Ci.ar. The Lexington Observer of Wrd-nesdoy lost saya:- Mr. Clay t health, we tre grain lied lo lesrn, coiilinue. In improve. He ia .till coo. lined lo Ins room, however, and continues quite fie. hie." t.iw AVIl Amt A llnnnl I II I .. mouioni recently levied lor rent upon the atmlm of his leii.nl, a aculp- ' e .....oe oi .israe, ana s.nn uniler Ihe ham iter .hoot Allltl ....... . - " lor bi,u was proven that the aiicliniieer .old Ihe I I of Jolin Wesley for ,o.i, i .on.iie, one oi lliautrcy, aa "a bald haired nlnpe'a; ' thai of llnlfaelle, as "a long headed .how. boy a, and Hist nl Sir Charles Oell.as "Deal Hilike'l " The jury, indignant at the npprcesion nf Hie laudlerd, the ignorance of the lilelinneer, and the desecration of llie arts, g.ve the sculptor JLV00 damages. A, il. t-rrtb'sM.